Steinmetz:Pyrus
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Pyrus aria
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Pomaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (especially Southern Germany)
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- tannin
- citric acid
- malic acid
- Action
- used in diarrhoea
- coughs
- etc.
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Pyrus aucuparia
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rosaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- temperate parts of Europe
- Asia
- North America: the species Pyrus americanus
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Sorbi aucupariae
- Folia Sorbi
- Flores Sorbi
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- Constituent(s)
- berry; tartaric acid (before ripening)
- prussic acid
- tannin
- malic acid
- citric acid
- sorbin
- sorbit
- sugar
- vitamin C (provitamin A)
- fatty oil (when ripe); leaf: amygdalin
- tannin; flower: trimethylamin
- Action
- berry: depurative
- pectoral
- astringent
- diuretic
- antiscorbutic
- emmenagogue
- aperient; the roasted berries are a substitute for coffee; flower: aperient; leaf: aperient
- pectoral
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Pyrus communis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Pomaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Pyrus communis
- Folia Pyrus communis
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- Constituent(s)
- fruit: sugar
- free acids
- tannin
- pectin
- invertin
- asparagin
- pentosanes; leaf: hydroquinone
- Action
- fruit: nutritive; leaf: diuretic
- calmative
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Pyrus domestica
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Pomaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
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Pyrus malus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rosaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe
- temperate parts of North America
- Australia and Orient
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Mail
- Cortex Pyri mali
- Folia Mali
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: isophloridzin; fruit: chlorophyll
- phosphorus
- albumen
- sugar
- lime
- gum
- malic acid
- gallic acid
- pectin
- tannin
- mucilage
- vitamins A
- B and C
- enzyme
- cellulose
- Action
- leaf: diuretic; fruit: appetising
- digestive
- diuretic
- nutritive
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