Bronze loquat
| Bronze loquat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Eriobotrya |
| Species: | E. deflexa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriobotrya deflexa | |
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The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan (known indigenously as ritu or litu[3]), and South Vietnam.[2]
Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[4]
Coppertone loquat[edit]
The Coppertone loquat (Eriobotrya 'Coppertone') is a hybrid of Eriobotrya deflexa[5] and Indian hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica)[6] and is a popular shrub in the Southern United States and California.
References[edit]
- ^ "Eriobotrya deflexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ a b Flora of China
- ^ Li, Paul Jen-kuei (July 2022). "Some notes on animals and plants for Proto-Austronesian speakers". Language and Linguistics. 語言暨語言學: 259. doi:10.1075/lali.18.2.04li.
- ^ Chiu, N. Y.; Chang, K. H., eds. (1995). The Illustrated Medicinal Plants of Taiwan. Vol. 4. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.
- ^ [1] Ernest P. Bordier, 1978. United States Patent PP4,245
- ^ "Eriobotrya x 'Coppertone' Loquat, Coppertone from Mortellaros".
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