Pyrus communis (Pear)

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Pears on tree in orchard, Houwhoek, Western Cape. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to Europe and southwestern Asia. Cultivated extensively in southern Africa for its fruit, especially in the Western Cape where it has also become naturalised.