Eriobotrya

Genus of trees

Eriobotrya
An illustration of a plant with green leaves and a cluster of white flowers. A round orange fruit is also depicted
Eriobotrya japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Eriobotrya Lindl.
Type species
Eriobotrya japonica
Species
See text^[1]

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.^[2]

Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni .

Species

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Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Eriobotrya angustissima Hook. f.	Assam, Vietnam
Eriobotrya averyanovii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw	Laos
Eriobotrya balgooyi K.M.Wong & Ent	Sabah
A cluster of whitish flowers in a tree	Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f.	India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
Eriobotrya capitata Aver.	Laos
Preserved specimen of Eriobotrya cavaleriei, consisting of stems with rounded green leaves, and brownish inflorescences	Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder	China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya condaoensis X.F.Gao, Idrees & T.V.Do	South-east Vietnam
Eriobotrya crassifolia Q.Fan, S.F.Chen & K.K.Meng	China (Yunnan)
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A tree with red and green leaves, and white flowers	Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai	Bronze Loquat	China, Taiwan and Vietnam
Eriobotrya dubia Decne.	India, Bhutan and Nepal
Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl.	Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth.	China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya fusca K.C.Kuan ex X.F.Gao & Idrees	China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya henryi Nakai	Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya hongiaoensis Yahara & Tagane	Vietnam
Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne.	Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Round yellow fruits growing on a tree	Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Loquat	Japan, China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya kwangsiensis Chun ex X.H.Yang & S.Q.Lin	China
Eriobotrya laoshanica W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & S.F.Chen	China
Eriobotrya latifolia Hook.f.	Myanmar
Eriobotrya longifolia (Decne.) Hook.f.	Arunachal Pradesh
Eriobotrya macrocarpa Kurz	Myanmar
Eriobotrya malipoensis K.C.Kuan	China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya merguiensis J.E.Vidal	Myanmar
Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm.	China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f.	Bhutan and Sikkim
Eriobotrya platyphylla Merr.	Myanmar
Eriobotrya poilanei J.E.Vidal	Vietnam
Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & E. H. Wilson	China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos
Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.	China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar
Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill.	China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal	China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam
Eriobotrya shanense D.H.Kang, H.G.Ong & Y.D.Kim	Myanmar
Eriobotrya stipularis Craib	Thailand to Cambodia
Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm.	China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Eriobotrya tsiangii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw	China (Yunnan)