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Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) (from Cantonese Chinese: 盧橘; Jyutping: lou4gwat1, nowadays called Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá; Jyutping: pei paa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, a native to the cooler hill regions of China to south-central China. It is also quite common in Japan, Korea, hilly Regions of India (Himachal), Northern Areas of Pakistan and some can be found in some Northern part of the Philippines, and hill country in Sri Lanka.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.42
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.50
Flora Sinensis (Chinese-Latin Natural History)
Michał Boym · 1656 · p.41
Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan
Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.52
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.48
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Eriobotrya japonica in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 76949.