Loquat
Loquat
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Other names: Japanese Medlar
Origin: China
Tree Height: 20 ft.
Cold Hardiness: 22°F
Season: January - April
Fruit Description: Fruits in clusters of 4-30, oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 1-2 in. long, with smooth or downy succulent pulp that can be yellow to orange, sometimes red-blushed, skin, and white, yellow or orange. There may be 1-10 seeds, though ordinarily only 3-5, dark-brown or light-brown, angular-ellipsoid, about 5/8 in. long and 5/16 in. thick.
More Info: The loquat is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves for tea (known as "biwa cha" in Japan), and also cultivated as an ornamental plant. People sometimes compare the loquat's flavor as a mashup of an apricot and a peach. The loquat's sweetness contributes to its popularity as it has a lot of natural sweetness. Some other uses for Loquat include making alcohol, animal feed, and medicine to counter vomiting and thirst.
The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica; from Cantonese Chinese: 盧橘; Jyutping: lou4-gwat1) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, a native to the cooler hill regions of China to south-central China.[2][3] It is also quite common in Japan, Korea, hilly Regions of India (Himachal), Potohar and foothill regions of Pakistan and some can be found in some Northern part of the Philippines, and hill country in Sri Lanka.[citation needed] It can also be found in some southern European countries such as Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Italy, Albania, Spain and Portugal; and several Middle Eastern countries including Morocco, Algeria, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israeland Lebanon.[4]
It is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its yellow fruit, and also cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Eriobotrya japonica was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes known as the Japanese medlar. It is also known as Japanese plum[5] and Chinese plum,[6]. It is also known as pipa in China, and Nespola in Italy.