Bouls Pearwood steamed 20 mm

The texture of the pear tree is plain, delicately figured and partly mottled, which gives the wood beauty and a decorative touch. Furthermore, the pear tree often has pith flecks as well as a dark optional heartwood. The colouring of this wood is pale to light reddish brown or even intensely red and sometimes even shimmers violet. The appearance of the wood is very similar to that of the service tree, which is also called the Swiss pear tree.

Trade names and other names

German: Birnbaum, garden pear, wild pear, pear tree
 English: Pear, Pear tree, wild pear
 French: Poire, Poirier, poirier sauvage, aigrin
 Italian: Pero comune
 Spanish: Peral, piruétano
 Dutch: Peer
 Portuguese: Pereira
 Arabic: Kummathra
 Chinese: 梨木

Available strengths

20, 32, 50, 52, 60, 70 mm, other thicknesses on request.

Occurrence

Pear tree (Pyrus communis) is widespread over Central and Southern Europe, with the exception of Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries, as well as in the Near East and Western Asia as far as Siberia.

Tree trunk and bark

Pear tree reaches heights of up to about 15m and diameters of up to 0.8m under favourable conditions. The trunk is consistently well grown and knot-free up to 6m. The bark is deeply fissured and divided into almost cube-shaped, small pieces.

Characteristics and wood colour

Scattered pores, pores and medullary rays are not visible to the eye in pear trees. Annual rings and growth rings are indistinct in pear. Pear is reddish brown, the sapwood is reddish white to light yellow, actually sapwood and heartwood are indistinguishable.