The pinyin for pear is lí.

Introduction to pear:

Pear, a tree of the genus Pear in the family Rosaceae, with a spreading crown; branchlets stout, pilose when young: biennial branches purplish-brown, sparsely lenticellate; stipules membranous, with glandular-toothed margins; blade ovate or elliptic, apex acuminate or acute. apex acuminate or acute, initially tomentose on both surfaces, old leaves glabrous; umbellate racemes, racemes and pedicels tomentose when young; fruit ovate or subglobose, slightly compressed, brown; flowers white in April; fruiting period August-September.

The pear originated in Central Asia and is distributed in China in Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces, and is also cultivated in Italy, the United States, Spain, Russia and France. Pear cold-resistant, drought-resistant, flood-resistant, saline-resistant, well-developed root system, light-loving and temperature-loving, it is appropriate to choose deep soil, well-drained gently sloping hillside planting, especially sandy loamy hillside is ideal. Pear reproduction is mainly grafting reproduction.

Tu Jing Materia Medica records that pear has the effect of moistening the lungs, removing phlegm and cough, promoting constipation, facilitating digestion, generating fluids and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, which can improve the body's immunity. Pear is a cool fruit, especially for patients with liver yang hyperactivity or liver fire type hypertension can clear heat and sedation, improve dizziness, help reduce blood pressure, nourish the liver and protect the liver.

Pears are rich in vitamins and minerals, can maintain the health of human cells, but note that the spleen and stomach cold, loose diarrhea, cough without phlegm should not eat pears, diabetic patients should eat less. Pear because of its juicy, sweet and sour taste, so there is a "natural mineral water" said.

Distribution:

China's pear cultivation area and production is second only to the apple. Among them, Anhui, Hebei, Shandong and Liaoning provinces are the concentrated production areas of China's pear, the cultivated area accounts for about half of the country, the output of more than 60%.

Shandong Yantai cultivars are Haiyang Autumn Moon Pear, Huang County long handle pear, Qixia big perfume pear, Laiyang Chip Pear (Ci Pear), Laixi crystal pear and perfume pear. Hebei province Baoding, Handan, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai area, the main varieties of duck pear, snow pear, round yellow pear, snow green pear, red pear.

Anhui province dangshan and the surrounding area for the crisp pear production area. Dangshan, Anhui Province is the world's largest continuous pear orchard, accounting for about seventy percent of the county's arable land area, known as "China's pear", is the Guinness Book of Records recognized as the world's largest continuous orchard industrial area. Dangshan pear annual output of about 1.5 billion pounds, accounting for one-eighth of the total national pear production.