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Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear, is a deciduous tree or large shrub in the rose family, grown for its hardiness, white spring blossom and small yellow-brown fruit. Most plants in cultivation are wild-collected or seedling trees from mountain woodland, so give it well-drained soil and room to spread.
Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear and telka, is a deciduous tree or large shrub in the family Rosaceae, native to the mountainous woodlands of northern Iran. It is one of the most widespread wild pears in the region, valued for its hardiness and attractive fruit.
This species is widespread across the Alborz and Kopet Dag mountain ranges of northern Iran and into adjacent Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. It grows in humid Hyrcanian forests and their transitional zones at 600–2000 m elevation, often alongside Quercus, Acer, Ulmus, Fagus, Alnus and other broad‑leaved trees and shrubs. It tolerates a range of soils but favours well‑drained slopes and light woodland cover.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrus boissieriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
