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Rosaceae

Wild service tree

Torminalis glaberrima (Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Torminalis

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Wild service tree: Wild Service Tree ( Sorbus torminalis ) – full tree. Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, is a small ancient wood which has been copiced since at least the 13th cent
Photo: Andrew Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (50)
Arabic
غبيراء ممغصة
Armenian
Խնձորենի արևելյան
arz
غبيراء ممغصه
Asturian
Arceyal
Basque
Basagurbe, Aizpil, Basa-gurbe, Maspil, Mazpil
Breton
Kerzhin-bod
Bulgarian
Брекина
Cantonese
野生楸樹
Catalan
Moixera de pastor
Chinese
驱疝木, 驱疝花楸, 野生楸树, 野生楸樹, 契克斯, 契克斯(水果)
Croatian
Brekinja
Czech
Jeřáb břek
Danish
Tarmvrid-Røn
dsb
Brjok
Dutch
Elsbes
English
Wild service tree, Checkertree, Wild service-tree, Checker tree, Chequers
Esperanto
Adstringa sorpujo, Adstringa sorbuso
Estonian
Vahtralehine pihlakas
Finnish
Etelänpihlaja
French
Alisier torminal, Sorbier torminal
Georgian
Თამელი
German
Elsbeere, Alzbeere
gv
Billey greimmey
Hebrew
בן-חוזרר לבנוני
hsb
Brěčica, Brěčkowc
Hungarian
Barkócaberkenye
Icelandic
Flipareynir
Irish
Crann soirb fiáin
Italian
Sorbo ciavardello, Sorbo ciaverdello
Japanese
カエデバアズキナシ
lld
Velcená
Luxembourgish
Elsbier, Ielenter
Macedonian
Брекина, Бреклинка, Бабилка
mzn
الندری
Norwegian Bokmål
Tarmvriasal
os
Балгъодзы, Балгъондзы, Тамачъи
Persian
بارانک شرقی, بارانک
Polish
Jarząb brekinia, Brekinia, Brzęk, Jarząb brzęk
Romanian
Sorb
Romansh
Sorber grond
Russian
Рябина глоговина, Берека, Глоговина, Медвежья груша
Serbian
Brekinja, Брекиња
Serbian (Latin)
Brekinja
Slovak
Jarabina brekyňová
Slovenian
Brek, Breka
Spanish
Sorbo silvestre, Mostajo de perucos
Swedish
Tyskoxel
Turkish
Akçaağaç yapraklı üvez, Elsbeere
Ukrainian
Берека
Welsh
Cerddinen wyllt

Synonyms

  • Aria torminalis (L.) Beck
  • Aria torminalis f. mollis (Beck) Beck
  • Azarolus torminalis (L.) Borkh.
  • Crataegus torminalis L.
  • Hahnia torminalis (L.) Medik.
  • Lazarolus torminalis (L.) Borkh.
  • Malus torminalis (L.) Risso
  • Mespilus torminalis (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg.
  • Pyrenia torminalis (L.) Clairv.
  • Pyrus septiloba Stokes
  • Pyrus torminalis (L.) Ehrh.
  • Pyrus torminalis f. mollis Beck
  • Pyrus torminalis var. glaberrima (Gand.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus torminalis var. mollis (Beck) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus torminalis var. perincisa (Borbás & Fekete) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus torminalis var. pinnatifida (Boiss.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Sorbus glaberrima Gand.
  • Sorbus guadarramica Pau
  • Sorbus latifolia var. semitorminalis Borbás
  • Sorbus orientalis Schönb.-Tem.
  • Sorbus perincisa Borbás & Fekete
  • Sorbus semitorminalis (Borbás) Hedl.
  • Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz
  • Sorbus torminalis f. angustifolia Priszter & Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. araliifolia Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. brachyloba Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. brevifolia Priszter & Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. breviloba Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. budensis Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. cuneata Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. dolichocarpa Kossetz
  • Sorbus torminalis f. dolichocarpa Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. domokosiana Kerényi & Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. genuina Kossetz
  • Sorbus torminalis f. glaberrima (Gand.) Hegi
  • Sorbus torminalis f. grosseserrata Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. inaequalis Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. intermedia Kossetz
  • Sorbus torminalis f. kerenyiana Kárpáti
  • Sorbus torminalis f. kissii (Jáv.) Kárpáti

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.