Pyrus spp.
- Height: up to 15 m, exceptions up to 20 m
- Trunk: dark brown shedding bark
- Crown: narrow or broadly conical
- Leaves: ovate to elliptical, 5-9 cm long, serrated to smooth-edged
- Flowers: white to pink, approx. 3 cm wide, 3 to 9-flowered umbels, in April/May
- Fruits/seeds: edible fruit, mostly greenish to yellow
- Other: Around 1,500 to 5,000 varieties worldwide, of which only around 10 are commercially available



Photos: Tobias Erras (1), Wolfgang Schödel (2,3)