Korshinsky's Pear
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About this Korshinsky's Pear
This magnificent specimen is the largest of its species in cultivation in Britain, and registered as a Champion Tree on the Tree Register of the British Isles. Wild pears are native to the Old World, from western Europe to north Africa, and across Asia. A native of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Pyrus korshinskyi is listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Critically Endangered.
This is one of several trees within the Inverleith Living Collection to be given Champion Tree status. Sadly, its population in the wild is now severely fragmented, and numbers are still in decline. This is largely due to the ongoing loss of its natural habitat as a result of practices such as overgrazing, overharvesting of fruit and the collection of its saplings for grafting. Koshinsky’s pear is named after the Russian botanist Sergei Korshinsky (1861-1900), who in the 1890s made extensive collections in Central Asia.
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Overview
Scientific name
Pyrus korshinskyi
Status
Adopted
Garden
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Location
E20 Map
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