Pyrus boissieriana
Introduction '''''Pyrus boissieriana''''', the '''Boissier pear''' and '''telka''', is a species of ''Pyrus'' (pear) native to the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border. In its native locales it is cultivated as a rootstock for domestic pears. ''Pyrus boissieriana'' is a regional deciduous tree in the woodland which also has many different fruit trees, shrubs, and vines valuable for human use. It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.
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