Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Pyrus communis

Vernacular name:

Pear


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Pear

Scientific name: Pyrus communis L.

Diagnostic features
Differs from Pyrus pyraster in usually non-spiny tree to 20m.
Fruit more than(5)6cm, edible, usually pear-shaped.

Chromosome number: (2n=34).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; very commonly grown and found in the wild in hedges and waste ground from old trees or discarded seeds; garden origin.

This species is keyed out on Page 2472: Pyrus in the Text Key.

Note
Often scarcely distinguishable from Pyrus pyraster except in fruit, and perhaps not specifically distinct.

Pyrus communis (Pear)
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