Deciduous trees or shrubs, often spiny below when young and on strong vegetative shoots; stems ascending to spreading; young shoots sometimes hairy. Lvs distributed along long shoots or clustered on short shoots, usually simple, serrate or entire, rarely lobed; stipules deciduous, confined to long shoots. Infl. an umbel-like cluster. Fls 5-merous, ☿, pedicellate, white or rarely pinkish, medium-sized. Hypanthium tubular, closed at apex. Epicalyx 0. Calyx 5-merous; sepals reflexed or spreading, deciduous or persistent. Petals 5, often suborbicular, spreading. Stamens 20-30. Ovary inferior; carpels 2-5; styles 2-5, free, closely constricted at base by disc; ovules 2 in each locule. Fr. a pyriform, turbinate or globose, fleshy pome containing abundant stone cells; skin usually brown, yellow or green, sometimes with paler dots; carpel walls papery; seeds several, dark brown or black.