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Common Pear
Common Pear
Pyrus communis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 50 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

The Common Pear is a deciduous fruit tree native to Europe and Western Asia, cultivated for over 3,000 years. Uniquely among major fruits, pears ripen from the inside out — they must be picked before they're fully ripe and left at room temperature to sweeten properly.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Pyrus
Species
Pyrus communis