- Pyrus × bretschneideri
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Chinese White Pear Chinese White Pear Flower Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Pyrus Species: P. × bretschneideri Binomial name Pyrus × bretschneideri
RehderPyrus ×bretschneideri, the Chinese White Pear (白梨 bái lí), is an interspecific hybrid species of pear native to northern China, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit. Recent molecular genetic evidence confirms some relationship to the Siberian pear (P. ussuriensis), but it can also be classified as a subspecies of the Chinese pear (P. pyrifolia).
These very juicy, white to light yellow pears, unlike the round Nashi pears (P. pyrifolia) that are also grown in eastern Asia, are shaped more like a European pear, narrow towards the stem end. “Ya Li” (鸭梨, pinyin yā lí), literally translated as "Duck Pear" due to its mallard-like shape, is one cultivar widely grown in China, and exported around the world. Ya pears taste similar to a mild Bosc pear, but are crisp, with a higher water content and lower sugar content.
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Pyrus Cultivars Perry • Bosc Pear • Chinese pear • Chinese White Pear • Choke pear • D'Anjou • Endicott Pear Tree • European Pear • Harovin Sundown • Herefordshire Pomona • Le Conte pear • Pêra Rocha • • Stinking Bishop pear • Warden pear • Williams pearSpecies Callery Pear • Pyrus anatolica • Pyrus hakkiarica • Pyrus nivalis • Pyrus oxyprion • Pyrus pyrifolia • Pyrus salicifolia • Pyrus serikensis • Pyrus × bretschneideri • Pyrus × sinkiangensisCategory:Pyrus
Categories:- Pears
- Pyrus
- Fruits originating in Asia
- Flora of Xinjiang
- Rosales stubs
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