Pyrus cordata, the Plymouth pear (English name) or heart-leaved pear (European name), is a rare wild species of pear belonging to the family Rosaceae. It gets its scientific name cordata and French names Poirier à feuilles en cœur, Poirier à feuilles cordées from the shape of its leaves. The English name Plymouth pear is after the city of Plymouth in Devon, where it was originally found in 1870 The Plymouth pear was one of the British trees to be funded under English Natures Species Recovery Programme.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Plymouth Pear being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Pyrus
- Species
- Pyrus cordata
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