Pear tree

Pyrus communis, also known as pear or cultivated pear, is a plant genus belonging to the Pyrinae (pome fruits) within the Rosaceae family (rose plants). Pears are mostly deciduous trees, rarely also shrubs. They have alternate leaves with stipules, which turn red to scarlet red in autumn. The flowers of the plant appear before the leaves or together with them in cluster-shaped inflorescences. The flowers are white or, more rarely, reddish in colour and are roundish in shape. The fruits of the pear are mostly pear-shaped, rarely also roundish. They have a length of 2.5 to 6.0 cm or even larger.

Pyrus communis is the parent plant of Pyri communis folium, the pear leaves.

In the cosmetic field, fruit extracts of the pear are used under the INCI designation: Pyrus communis extract (also Pyrus communis fruit extract), as an astringent, skin protectant and as a skin care product.