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Pyrus syriaca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Pyrus
Species:	P. syriaca
Binomial name
Pyrus syriaca Boiss.
Synonyms
Pyrus boveana Decne. Pyrus bovei Steud.

Pyrus syriaca is a deciduous tree in the Rosaceae family. It is referred to by the common name Syrian pear. It is the only pear species which grows in the wild in Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Palestine.

The Syrian pear is a protected plant in Israel. It grows in unsalted ground, usually in Mediterranean scrub, in west Syria, in the Galilee and the Golan.

In the months of March and April, the tree blossoms with white flowers. The fruit ripen in the autumn in the months of September and October. The fruit is edible, though not as good as the European Pear, mostly because of hard, stone like objects found in the skin. The ripe fruit falls to the ground and when it starts to rot, the smell attracts wild boars. The boars eat the fruit and distribute the seeds.

References

1. Wilson, B. (2018). "Pyrus syriaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T173016A61613968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T173016A61613968.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ "Pyrus syriaca Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
3. "Pyrus syriaca Boiss". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
4. Tohmé, Georges and Henriette (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon. Lebanon: National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon. p. 531. ISBN 9789953028903.

External links

• Pyrus syriaca Israel native plants
• Media related to Pyrus syriaca at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pyrus syriaca at Wikispecies
• "Pyrus syriaca". Plants for a Future.

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Cultivars	Abate Fetel Bosc pear Choke pear Churchland pear Concorde Conference pear D'Anjou Doyenné du Comice Harovin Sundown Huntington pear Le Conte pear Parsonage pear Pêra Rocha Seckel pear Stinking Bishop pear Taylor's gold Warden pear Williams pear Winter Nelis pear
Species	P. anatolica P. armeniacifolia P. boissieriana P. bourgaeana P. calleryana P. communis P. cordata P. elaeagrifolia P. hakkiarica P. korshinskyi P. nivalis P. oxyprion P. pashia P. pyraster P. pyrifolia P. salicifolia P. serikensis P. spinosa P. syriaca P. ussuriensis
Natural hybrids	Pyrus × bretschneideri Pyrus × sinkiangensis
Related topics	Herefordshire Pomona List of pear diseases Perry Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum World Apple and Pear Association
Category Commons

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Pyrus
• Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier