10 Apodytes dimidiata Seeds ~ White Pear Tree Seeds - Indigenous Evergreen Tree

Apodytes dimidiata Seeds

Common Names: White Pear; Witpeer

This tree is perfect for the home garden! Its wide distribution allows it to be planted anywhere in South Africa. It has attractive glossy evergreen leaves and white fragrant blooms.

It can be planted close to buildings and paving as it doesn’t have a destructive root system. The white pear thrives in well-drained, compost-rich soil. Young plants are relatively slow growing, but they will grow fairly fast as they grow bigger. This tree needs to be protected against frost for the first year. The excellent smell of the flowers is attractive to insects, and that is good for pollination and also for attracting insectivorous birds. The fruits are also very attractive to fruit eating birds like the Blackeyed Bulbul, Rameron Pigeon, Redwinged and Glossy Starlings, Guinea Fowl and Pied Barbets. This tree is also valued by the Zulu nation in traditional medicine. An infusion from the root bark is used as an enema for intestinal parasites. The leaves are used in the treatment of ear inflammation.