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Scientific name:

Pyrus cordata

Vernacular name:

Pear, Plymouth


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Plymouth Pear

Scientific name: Pyrus cordata Desv.

Diagnostic features
Spiny shrub to 8m.
Leaves 1-4.5cm, ovate or broadly so.
Fruits 8-20mm, globose or obovoid, brownish-red to blackish.

Chromosome number: (2n=34).

Habitat
Probably native.

Distribution
Two hedges near Plymouth (South Devon) (known since 1870), 3 sites near Truro (West Cornwall) (found 1989).

This species is keyed out on Page 2473 in the Text Key.

Pyrus cordata (Pear, Plymouth)
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