Eriobotrya deflexa

(Hemsl.) Nakai

Taiwan loquat

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 1,930 iNaturalist observations

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Description

An evergreen tree. It grows 12-15 m high. The trunk is 25-30 cm across. The small branches are robust. The new growth is deep red. The flowers are white. The flower stalks are rusty brown. The fruit are 1-2.2 cm across. They are red-yellow.

Edible Uses

The juicy, sweet fruit are eaten fresh.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are juicy and sweet and eaten.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. It occurs on low hills below 1,000 m altitude in Vietnam. It needs to be frost free. In southern China it grows between 1,000-2,100 m above sea level. In Townsville palmetum.

Where It Grows

Asia, Australia, China, Europe, France, Indochina, SE Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam,

Production

It China plants flower in May to June and fruit in June to August.

Notes

There are 30 Eriobotrya species.

Also Known As

Ti ba mep cuon

References (9)

Barwick, M., 2004, Tropical and Subtropical Trees. A Worldwide Encyclopedic Guide. Thames and Hudson p 165
Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30:18. 1916
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, 1996, Vietnam Forest Trees. Agriculture Publishing House p 612
Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 432

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Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
Pham-Hoang Ho, 1999, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam. Nha Xuat Ban Tre. p 778
Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 98
www.desert-tropicals.com