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The tree has fragrant yellow flowers about 5 cm across and grows to a height of about 15 m (50 feet). The anchovy pear tree bears spear-shaped, glossy leaves produced in palm-like tufts that reach an average length of 90 cm. The edible, brown, berrylike fruits for which it is cultivated for pickling are not related to the common pear.
They are small to medium-sized trees, growing to 5–15 m (16–49 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen, alternate , simple, broad lanceolate , very large, up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long, with an entire or waved margin.
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, ...
Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.
For example, the northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, was until the 1980s quite abundant in the Low Salinity Zone, until its range in the estuary became restricted to the Central and South Bays. [17] This is probably due to a behavioral response following the introduction of the Amur River ( Potamocorbula amurensis ) clam and the subsequent ...
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The Callery pear tree, also known as the Bradford pear tree, pops up around the area in the early spring. The Kansas Department of Agriculture ordered a quarantine against these trees, which will ...
Grias cauliflora – anchovy pear, from the tropics of the Americas; Heritiera littoralis – puzzle fruit, from Southeast Asia; Lodoicea maldivica – coco de mer, from the Seychelles; Manicaria saccifera – sea coconut, from South America; Pandanus spp. – screw pines, from the Old World tropics