Pear

Pyrus spp.

• Height: up to 15 m, exceptions up to 20 m
• Trunk: dark brown to blackish scaly bark, angular, peeling in cubes
• Crown: narrow or broad conical
• Leaves: alternate, ovate to elliptical, 5–9 cm long, serrated to smooth-edged
• Flowers: white to pink flowers in umbel-like clusters, from April to May
• Fruits/Seeds: edible pome fruit, usually greenish to yellow-brown
• Other: approx. 1,500 to 5,000 varieties worldwide, of which only about 10 are commercially available

^{Photos: Dorit Zimmermann (1,2), Tobias Erras (3), Wolfgang Schödel (4,5)}