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Pyrus calleryana
Also called Bradford Pear, Callery 'Bradford' Pear, Bradford, Cum Tree, Smegma Tree, Sperm Tree
Callery pear is a deciduous ornamental tree from East Asia, widely planted in the US for its spring white blossoms and autumn leaf color. Its cultivar 'Bradford' is known for a strong, unpleasant odor and is now considered invasive in parts of North America.
Pyrus calleryana, also known as the Callery pear, is a species of pear tree native to East Asia in the family Rosaceae. Its cultivar Bradford pear, known for its offensive odor that some have described as akin to "rotting fish", is widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species.
Numerous cultivars of Callery pear are offered commercially, including 'Aristocrat', 'Autumn Blaze', 'Bradford', 'Capital', 'Chanticleer' (also known as 'Cleveland Select'), 'New Bradford', 'Redspire', and 'Whitehouse'.
It is native to mainland China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. It is reported as introduced in the United States, Canada, Iraq, and the Western Himalayas region of India.
Pear wood (of any species) is among the finest-textured of all fruitwoods. It is prized for making woodwind instruments, and pear veneer is used in fine furniture. Pear wood is also among those preferred for preparing woodcuts for printing, either end-grained for small works or side-grained for larger.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrus calleryana 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.
