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Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) |
Eriobotrya japonica (ROSACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Eriobotrya japonica(Thunberg) Lindle
Published in (Thunb.) Lindley, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13:102 (1821) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Rosaceae
L. (The Rose Family)
34 species from the Rosaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Loquat, Japanese Plum | Maltese name(s) : | Naspli | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Macro-Phanerophyte (high trees usually over 10m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Oct-Dec | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Small tree up to 10 m. Leaves 12-25 cm, obovate to elliptic-oblong, dentate, reddish-brown-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence densely reddish-brown-tomentose. Flowers c. 1 cm in diameter. Fruit 3-6 cm, pyriform or ellipsoid, yellow. Seeds 1-1.5 cm. |
Distributional range: |
Cultivated in S. Europe for the edible fruit, and elsewhere for ornament. More or less naturalized in Açores, Portugal and Kriti. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(C. China.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in the Azores, Crete, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[cAg cAl Az(C F G J L M P S T) Bl(M) Ca(C G P T) Co Cr cCy Ga cHs Hs(S) cIJ It cLe cLi cLS Lu cMa Sa cSi(M) Si(S) cTn cTu(A) cUk] |
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