Rosaceae
Chinese pear
Pyrus pyrifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Pyrus
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- إجاص إجاصي الأوراق
- arz
- اجاص اجاصى الاوراق
- Assamese
- নাচপতি
- Azerbaijani
- Gecyetişən armud
- Bangla
- নাশপাতি
- Bhojpuri
- नाशपाती
- blk
- တပုဲင်ႏ
- Burmese
- သစ်တော်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 沙梨
- Catalan
- Pera Nashi, Naxi
- Central Kurdish
- ھەرمێی ئاسیایی
- Chinese
- 梨樹, 沙梨, 梨, 梨叶, 梨木灰, 梨木皮, 梨枝, 梨树根
- Czech
- Naši, Hrušeň asijská, Hrušeň písečná, Naš-ůi
- Dutch
- Nashipeer, Appelpeer, Aziatische peer, Japanse appelpeer, Japanse peer, Nashi-peer, Zandpeer
- English
- Chinese pear, Apple pear, Asian pear, Japanese pear, Korean pear, Nashi pear, Sand pear, Taiwan pear
- Estonian
- Liiv-pirnipuu
- Filipino
- Peras, Peras asyano, Peras intsik
- Finnish
- Omenapäärynä, Hiekkapäärynä, Japaninpäärynä
- French
- Nashi
- frr
- Nashi
- German
- Nashi, Apfelbirne, Asiatische Birne, Chinesische Birne, Japanische Asienbirne, Japanische Birne, Koreanische Birne, Kumoi
- Greek
- Αχλαδομηλιά
- Hebrew
- אגס נאשי, אגס אסיאתי, אגס חול, אגס יפני, אגס סיני, אגס קוריאני, אגס תפוח
- Hindi
- नाशपाती
- Hungarian
- Japán körte
- Italian
- Nashi, Pera-mela, Peramela, Pero asiatico
- Japanese
- ヤマナシ, なし, 梨, ナシ, アイナシ, 和なし, 和ナシ, 和梨
- Kazakh
- Нэши
- Korean
- 배나무, 돌배나무, 일본배
- Macedonian
- Кинеска круша, Корејска круша, Наши
- Maithili
- नास्पाती
- Malayalam
- പിയർ
- Nepali
- नास्पाती, नस्पाती
- Persian
- گلابی آسیایی, گلابی اسیایی
- Polish
- Grusza chińska, Grusza japońska, Nashi
- Portuguese
- Pera-nashi, Náxi, Pêra nashi, Pêra-nashi
- Russian
- Груша грушелистная
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၵေႃႈ, မၢၵ်ႇၵေႃႈ
- Slovak
- Hruška nashi, Japonská hruška, Ázijská hruška
- Slovenian
- Naši
- Spanish
- Pera asiatica, Pera asiática, Pera coreana, Pera de arena, Pera japonesa, Pera manzana, Pera nashi, Pera oriental
- Swedish
- Sandpäron, Asienpäron, Japanskt päron, Kinapäron, Kinesiskt päron, Nashi, Nashipäron, Äppelpäron
- tay
- Nasi
- Thai
- สาลี่
- Ukrainian
- Японська груша, Груша японська, Насі
Synonyms
- Ficus pyrifolia Burm.f.
- Pyrus arakiana Koidz.
- Pyrus asakeensis Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis (Siebold) Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis f. discolor (Nakai) Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis f. hiemalis (Siebold) Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis f. pallescens (Nakai) Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis f. sieboldii Koidz.
- Pyrus autumnalis var. culta (Makino) Koidz.
- Pyrus babauttiagi Koidz.
- Pyrus communis var. autumnalis Siebold
- Pyrus communis var. hiemalis Siebold
- Pyrus communis var. sinensis K.Koch
- Pyrus cuneata Koidz.
- Pyrus higoensis Koidz.
- Pyrus incubacea Koidz.
- Pyrus kiushiana Koidz.
- Pyrus kiusiana Koidz.
- Pyrus kleinhofiana Koidz.
- Pyrus lakuhokuensis Koidz.
- Pyrus lasiogyna Koidz.
- Pyrus lasiogyna var. lanuginosa Nakai
- Pyrus lindleyi Rehder
- Pyrus malus var. sinensis (K.Koch) Wenz.
- Pyrus montana var. rehderi Nakai
- Pyrus nehiyamadonis Koidz.
- Pyrus pseudocalleryana Uyeki
- Pyrus pseudouipongensis Uyeki
- Pyrus pyrifolia f. discolor Nakai
- Pyrus pyrifolia f. hiemalis (Siebold) Nakai
- Pyrus pyrifolia f. pallescens Nakai
- Pyrus pyrifolia f. stapfiana (Rehder) Rehder
- Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta (Makino) Nakai
- Pyrus pyrifolia var. montana (Nakai) Nakai
- Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia
- Pyrus pyrifolia var. talyschensis Gladkova
- Pyrus saidaeana Koidz.
- Pyrus serotina Rehder
- Pyrus serotina var. culta (Makino) Rehder
- Pyrus serotina var. stapfiana Rehder
and 15 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alpsdake, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.