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Common names: | Loquat (English) |
Frequency: | Rare |
Status: | Introduced |
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. |
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Notes: | An occasional, but very definite, escape in the E Highlands |
Derivation of specific name: | japonica: of Japan |
Habitat: | On roadsides and forest margins, mainly in disturbed areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | China and Japan |
National distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 10 January 2007 |
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