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The name loquat derives from Cantonese lou 4 gwat 1 (Chinese: 盧橘; pinyin: lújú; lit. 'black orange'). The phrase 'black orange' originally referred to unripened kumquats, which are dark green in color, but the name was mistakenly applied to the loquat by the ancient Chinese poet Su Shi when he was residing in southern China, and the mistake was widely taken up by the Cantonese region ...
Common medlar (Mespilus germanica), the origin of the term (called Mispel in many Germanic languages, mispeli in Finnish, nespolo in Italian, etc.) Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), widely traded under these names today, in particular in temperate countries; Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), often known by these terms in tropical countries in Latin America
Mespilus, commonly called medlar, is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae containing the single species Mespilus germanica of southwest Asia. It is also found in some countries in the Balkans, especially in Albanian, Macedonian and Bulgarian regions, and in western parts of Caucasian Georgia.
Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family Rosaceae. When the genus Mespilus is included in the genus Crataegus, the correct name for this species is Crataegus germanica Kuntze. The fruit of this tree, also called medlar, has been cultivated since Roman times.
snowy mespilus; juneberry Rosaceae (rose family) Amelanchier ovalis: snowy mespilus Rosaceae (rose family) Amelanchier sanguinea: roundleaf serviceberry; red-twigged serviceberry Rosaceae (rose family) 358 Amelanchier sinica: Chinese serviceberry Rosaceae (rose family) Amelanchier spicata: thicket serviceberry; dwarf serviceberry Rosaceae (rose ...
Eriobotrya japonica, the Japanese medlar or loquat, formerly called Mespilus japonica; Mimusops elengi, medlar or bullet wood, a tree native to Asia and Australia, in family Sapotaceae; Vangueria infausta, the African medlar, in family Rubiaceae; Wolfberry (Lycium species), also called red medlar, in family Solanaceae
About 327 species are known from Japan. [1] Japan is home to a nine forest ecoregions, which reflect its climate and geography. The islands that constitute Japan generally have a humid climate, which ranges from warm subtropical in the southern islands to cool temperate on the northern island of Hokkaidō.
+ Crataegomespilus is the generic name applied to graft-chimeras between the genera Crataegus and Mespilus. It should not be confused with × Crataemespilus, which is applied to sexual hybrids between those genera, nor with Chamaemespilus which is a segregate genus or subgenus of Sorbus.