Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Green Coucal, Mutare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Bushbaby Lodge, Cromlet Road, Arcturus
Photo: Mark Hyde
Bushbaby Lodge, Cromlet Road, Arcturus
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Loquat (English)
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Description:
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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:
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An occasional, but very definite, escape in the E Highlands |
Derivation of specific name:
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japonica: of Japan |
Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
Worldwide distribution:
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China and Japan |
Growth form(s):
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Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Insects associated with this species:
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Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: |
Wednesday 10 January 2007 |
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