In the center of Ashgabat, near the side wall of the building of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, every year six inconspicuous trees, which belong to the Red Book wild-growing Buassier pear, delight with their lush flowering.

People passing by have no idea that this wild pear is a rare mountain plant, which is extremely difficult to find in nature.

As reported by “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”, the Buassier pear cuttings were once brought to the capital from the mountainous area of southwestern Turkmenistan – the Magtymguly etrap of the Balkan velayat. Since then, they have been decorating a corner of the city, delighting with their blossoms and fruits.

Now the trees, with the exception of one individual, bear fruits no larger than plum trees - the branches with characteristic serrated "pear" foliage are generously strewn with them. They are very different from the sweet juicy pear and by late autumn they will become aromatic, sour-tart, and acquire a yellow-brown color.

The trees, judging by the thickness of the trunk, look to be no more than twenty years old.

Researcher at the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan Gulnabat Jumamyradova says:

- Buassier pear is a decreasing mountain endemic species that is found in the vegetation of the South-West and Central Kopetdag, protected within the Kopetdag and Syunt-Hasardag state nature reserves. In addition to the forms and varieties of the well-known garden pear, in Turkmenistan, in addition to the above-mentioned Buassier pear, wild species are also common in nature - Regel's Turkmen pear (endemic), and the willow-leaved pear recently discovered by botanist-systematist Alexander Pavlenko.

The condition of the Ashgabat specimens is excellent, which shows the good care of the gardeners. This is not the first case of the transfer of rare and "Red Book" plants to the bosquet space of the scientific academic town: previously, there was a remarkable plot of botany professor Jumamurad Kurbanov, where in the spring the Kushkinsky tulip and wild onion blossomed, and the fritillary Radde's cream bells opened.