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Bukharan Pear

Pyrus korshinskyi

Bukharan Pear
Photo: Mike Shaw, CC BY-SA 4.0

Bukharan pear is a wild, tree-forming pear from Central Asia, critically endangered in the wild and valued mainly as a source of disease-resistant genetics for domestic pears. It is rarely grown as an ornamental or fruit tree outside its native range, so care is most relevant for conservation or collection plantings.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely mostly on rainfall and let the soil dry between deep waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and alkaline conditions.
Temperature
Hardy to around -25 °C; tolerates hot, dry summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Asia to Aghanistan
Climate
temperate

About

Pyrus korshinskyi, also known as the Kazak pear or Bukharan pear, is a wild species of pear tree native to Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The Kazak pear is in the genus Pyrus (Rosaceae). The IUCN categorises the pear as critically endangered, with it surviving in remote areas with threats including over grazing, harvesting, and use for rootstock. Genetically the pear has potential use for reducing the impact of disease on domesticated pears. The species is named after Russian botanist Sergei Korzhinsky.

Other Pyrus plants

Pyrus armeniacifolia · Rose Family · Birch Leaf Pear · Pyrus boissieriana · Iberian Pear · Chinese White Pear · Callery Pear · Pyrus ciancioi · European Pear · Plymouth Pear · Oleaster Leafed Pear · Gergeranian Pear

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrus korshinskyi 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.

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