Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees, in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.[2]

Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Maleae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Eriobotrya
Lindl.
Type species
Eriobotrya japonica
Species

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Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.

Plants of the World Online treats Eriobotrya as a synonym of Rhaphiolepis.[3]

Species

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Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
  Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f. India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder China and Vietnam
  Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai Bronze Loquat China, Taiwan and Vietnam
Eriobotrya dubia Decne. India, Bhutan and Nepal
Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl. Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth. China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya henryi Nakai Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne. Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
  Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Loquat Japan, China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya malipoensis Kuan China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm. China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. Bhutan and Sikkim
Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & E. H. Wilson China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos
Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand.-Mazz. China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar
Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill. China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam
Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm. China (Yunnan), Myanmar

References

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  1. ^ International Plant Names Index | Search : Eriobotrya
  2. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  3. ^ Eriobotrya Lindl. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 29 March 2023.
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