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Membrillero

Membrillero

Cydonia oblonga
El membrillero original: un pequeño árbol caducifolio o gran arbusto de la familia de las rosáceas, generalmente con varios tallos, originario del Cáucaso y el oeste de Asia, cultivado por su aromática fruta de color amarillo dorado más que como planta ornamental. Sus flores solitarias de cinco pétalos, de rosa pálido a blanco, se abren en los brotes del año en curso a mediados o finales de primavera, seguidas de una llamativa fruta redonda a piriforme que madura del gris-verdoso al amarillo brillante en otoño. Cruda, la fruta es dura, amarga y astringente, pero se vuelve dulce y perfuma la cocina una vez cocinada en jaleas, tartas y sidra. No debe confundirse con el membrillo ornamental de flor (Chaenomeles).
Climate fit: moderate (44/100)
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Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Membrillero (Cydonia oblonga). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/cydonia-oblonga
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