| Botanical Name: | Pirus communis. L., Pirus sativa C. Koch. (Fam. Pomoideae) |
| Trade Names: | Pero, perastro, Birnbaum, Pear, Poirier |
| Substitution: | Rauli |
| Indigenous to: | The Pear tree is found widespread across Central- and Southern Europe, except for Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries. |
| Characteristics: | The sapwood and the heartwood are hardly different (mature wood-sort). The heartwood center is pink. The pores and the rays are not visible. The wood is medium-hard and thick. The texture is fine and diffuse porous. |
