People are grossed out after learning a common tree in the US lets off a VERY rude smell...
have you come across it? READ MORE: Warning over nine invasive plants that spread quickly By Nikki Main Science Reporter For Dailymail.Com and Connor Boyd Health And Science Editor Published: 17:23 EDT, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 9 July 2024 e-mail 5 View comments The ornamental pear tree might be America's most controversial. Its pretty white spring blooms, attractive shape and cheapness have made it popular since its arrival in the US in the early 1900s.
But beware, anyone who lives near one will tell you about the very rude, putrid smell that it lets off in the summer time. One DailyMail.com reader who wrote in revealed how he had been visiting his wife's parents in London when he first experienced its stench.
The couple had been walking the dog and every now and then would be assaulted by what they described as a 'foul smell...
almost like semen'. Upon their return to the States, they found the source of the smell was the ornamental pear tree, also known as the callery pear tree . When they began Googling it, they were shocked that the problem is being felt across the US.
Although the callery pear tree's flowers are often seen as beautiful, they also contain compounds called volatile amines, trimethylamine and dimethylamine that gives off a 'fetid, dead-animal odor that can smell like semen Dozens of Reddit threads, horticulturist magazines and local and national stories hav.
