Sary
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Sary /Sārā/ is a type of fruit that is native to Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

. It is sometimes thought of as being a combination of an apple and a pear. It has almost the sweetness of a pear, and is less acidic than an apple. It is described by the Khmer people
Khmer people
Khmer people are the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the 14.8 million people in the country. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Mon–Khmer language family found throughout Southeast Asia...

 (those native to Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

) as being neither an apple, nor a pear, but being its own fruit altogether.

It has the appearance of a white apple. It retains the shape and structure of an apple
Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

 with the colour of a white pear
Ya pear
Pyrus ×bretschneideri, the Chinese White Pear , is an interspecific hybrid species of pear native to northern China, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit. Recent molecular genetic evidence confirms some relationship to the Siberian pear , but it can also be classified as a subspecies of...

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