White pear is an evergreen shrub or tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall but is usually smaller.
The tree produces a good quality timber and is often exploited in the wild for this.

Known Hazards

None known

Habitat

Sparse woods, dense forests, scrub at elevations of 500 - 1,900 metres in southern China.
Widespread in Africa from sea-level in coastal evergreen bush to fringing forest in Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland and mountain grassland.

Cultivation Status

Wild

Cultivation Details

None Recorded

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses

None Recorded

Other Uses

The whitish wood is solid, close-grained, strong, hard and elastic.
It is used by wagon makers and for high class cabinet work.

Propagation

Seed -