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The tree that defines this city, the London Plane (Platanus x hispanica), comes in many shapes and sizes including this rare and distinct form known as the 'Baobab Plane'. Notable for its short, bulbous trunk, there is confusion about this type. Is it a distinct cultivar or is it the subject of some Plane infection? Judging by other examples - some much squatter than this one - dotted around town, it may have been deliberately planted for this pot-bellied characteristic. But why, in this case, just one in a street of otherwise regular, lofty specimens? Quietly loveliest of orchard trees, the pear, is well represented on London's streets. Sadly, most are the dull and terribly over-planted 'Chanticleer' and other similar cultivars of Pyrus calleryana. This one is different though. It's known as 'Beech Hill' and is a cultivar of the fruit-bearing Pyrus communis. Abundant spring blossom leads to similarly abundant autumn fruit which, although small by pear standards, are no mere berries and fallen fruit can be a curse to residents of streets planted with these trees. A small price to pay I say...

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