Eriobotrya_deflexa

Bronze loquat

Bronze loquat

Species of flowering plant

The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan (known indigenously as ritu or litu[3]), and South Vietnam.[2]

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Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[4]

Coppertone loquat

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

  1. [1]
    "Eriobotrya deflexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. [2]
    Flora of China
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Chiu, N. Y.; Chang, K. H., eds. (1995). The Illustrated Medicinal Plants of Taiwan. Vol. 4. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.
  5. [5]
    Ernest P. Bordier, 1978. United States Patent PP4,245
  6. [6]
    "Eriobotrya x 'Coppertone' Loquat, Coppertone from Mortellaros".


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