Herb latin name: Birch-Leaved Pear,Birch-Leaved Pear Extract

Latin name: Pyrus betulaefolia

Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Medicinal use of Birch-Leaved Pear: The leaves are used in the treatment of cholera, colic and cramps. The cooked fruit is used to treat mucous diarrhoea.

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Habitat of the herb: the herb: Open slopes and plains from sea level to 1800 metres.
Edible parts of Birch-Leaved Pear: Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit is quite small, about 15mm in diameter. Leaves - cooked. Flowers. Dried, powdered and made into cakes. The dried leaves are used to make tea.
Other uses of the herb: This species has long been used as a rootstock for the cultivated pears by the Chinese, it is recently also being used as a rootstock in N. America and in Europe.
Propagation of Birch-Leaved Pear: Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe in the autumn, it will then usually germinate in mid to late winter. Stored seed requires 8 - 10 weeks cold stratification at 1℃ and should be sown as early in the year as possible. Temperatures over 15 - 20℃ induce a secondary dormancy in the seed. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in light shade in a cold frame or greenhouse for their first year. Plant them out in late spring or early summer of the following year.
Cultivation of the herb: Open slopes and plains from sea level to 1800 metres.
Known hazards of Pyrus betulaefolia: None known

Herb latin name: Birch-Leaved Pear,Birch-Leaved Pear Extract

Latin name: Pyrus betulaefolia

Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Medicinal use of Birch-Leaved Pear: The leaves are used in the treatment of cholera, colic and cramps. The cooked fruit is used to treat mucous diarrhoea.

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Habitat of the herb: the herb: Open slopes and plains from sea level to 1800 metres.
Edible parts of Birch-Leaved Pear: Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit is quite small, about 15mm in diameter. Leaves - cooked. Flowers. Dried, powdered and made into cakes. The dried leaves are used to make tea.
Other uses of the herb: This species has long been used as a rootstock for the cultivated pears by the Chinese, it is recently also being used as a rootstock in N. America and in Europe.
Propagation of Birch-Leaved Pear: Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe in the autumn, it will then usually germinate in mid to late winter. Stored seed requires 8 - 10 weeks cold stratification at 1℃ and should be sown as early in the year as possible. Temperatures over 15 - 20℃ induce a secondary dormancy in the seed. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in light shade in a cold frame or greenhouse for their first year. Plant them out in late spring or early summer of the following year.
Cultivation of the herb: Open slopes and plains from sea level to 1800 metres.
Known hazards of Pyrus betulaefolia: None known