Pear tree

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

The leaves of the pear tree are used phytotherapeutically: Pyri communis folium

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.