Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

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Green Coucal, Mutare

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Bushbaby Lodge, Cromlet Road, Arcturus

Synonyms:
Common names:	Loquat (English)
Description:	Small tree to 7 m. Branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves elliptic-oblong, large, to 25 cm, strongly veined, glossy above, rusty-tomentose beneath; margin serrate. Flowers white, in terminal panicles. Calyx lobes and petals 5. Ovary inferior. Ovules 2 per loculus. Fruit 4 cm, yellow. Seeds large, few.
Notes:	An occasional, but very definite, escape in the E Highlands
Derivation of specific name:	japonica: of Japan
Flowering time:	Jan - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	China and Japan
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Insects associated with this species:	Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Wednesday 10 January 2007
Literature:	Troupin, G. (1978). Rosaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 355. in Malaceae

Flora of Rwanda: cultivated Eriobotrya japonica
Flora of Zimbabwe: Eriobotrya japonica

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