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.
Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.
Species Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Eriobotrya angustissima Assam, Vietnam Eriobotrya averyanovii Laos Eriobotrya balgooyi Sabah Eriobotrya bengalensis India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) Eriobotrya capitata Laos Eriobotrya cavaleriei China and Vietnam Eriobotrya condaoensis South-east Vietnam Eriobotrya crassifolia China (Yunnan) Eriobotrya × daduheensis China (Sichuan) Eriobotrya deflexa Bronze LoquatChina, Taiwan and Vietnam Eriobotrya dubia India, Bhutan and Nepal Eriobotrya elliptica Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam Eriobotrya fragrans China and Vietnam Eriobotrya fusca China (Yunnan) Eriobotrya henryi Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam Eriobotrya hongiaoensis Vietnam Eriobotrya hookeriana Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal Eriobotrya japonica Loquat Japan, China and Vietnam Eriobotrya kwangsiensis China Eriobotrya laoshanica China Eriobotrya latifolia Myanmar Eriobotrya longifolia Arunachal Pradesh Eriobotrya macrocarpa Myanmar Eriobotrya malipoensis China (Yunnan) Eriobotrya merguiensis Myanmar Eriobotrya obovata China (Yunnan) Eriobotrya petiolata Bhutan and Sikkim Eriobotrya platyphylla Myanmar Eriobotrya poilanei Vietnam Eriobotrya prinoides China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos Eriobotrya salwinensis China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar Eriobotrya seguinii China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam Eriobotrya serrata China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam Eriobotrya shanense Myanmar Eriobotrya stipularis Thailand to Cambodia Eriobotrya tengyuehensi China (Yunnan), Myanmar Eriobotrya tsiangii China (Yunnan)
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Flora of China