Pyrus Calleryana, AKA the Callery Pear, is a tree native to Southeast Asia. In the spring, it blooms with thousands of tiny white flowers and releases a foul odor. These fetid blooms turn into a hard, mildly poisonous fruit, which is consumable by birds.

Nepenthe, 10 months ago

This is one of the invasive ones, right? I've honestly never minded the smell, but I repeatedly hear other people saying it smells like various bodily fluids and I'm left confused.

ClimbingBunny, 10 months ago

Yes it is invasive in North America.

Tarasovich, 10 months ago

@ClimbingBunny @Nepenthe Ah, yes. The cultivar common here in Alabama is "Bradford Pear." Messy, malodorous, and super invasive in the American Southeast.