wild Himalayan pear

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A medium-sized, rounded tree with long-stalked, oval, dark green leaves, often woolly when young, especially underneath, and turning red-brown in autumn. Tight clusters of white flowers with dark red anthers appear in mid-spring, followed by small, rounded, edible, brown fruit with paler speckles

Scientific classification

Species: wild Himalayan pear (Pyrus pashia)
Genus: Pyrus
Family: Rosaceae

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Toxicity: Fruit Edible · Trees
Plant type: 8-12 metres
Height: wider than 8 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of wild Himalayan pear

Distribution map

Himalaya, Western China

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of wild Himalayan pear

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wild Himalayan pear care guide

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub or tree feed once each early spring

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.