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Mespilus germanica is apparently native only to southwest Asia and southeastern Europe, i.e. near the Black Sea coast and western Mediterranean, and Asia Minor, as well as the Caucasus and northern Iran, but it has an ancient history of cultivation and wild plants exist in a much wider area; it was grown by the ancient Greeks and Romans, beginning in the second century BC.
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
The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica, Chinese: 枇杷; Pinyin: pípá) [2] is a large evergreen shrub or tree grown commercially for its orange fruit. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant . The loquat is in the family Rosaceae and is native to the cooler hill regions of south-central China .
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.
Various fruits for sale at REMA 1000 grocery store in Tønsberg, Norway. This list contains the names of fruits that are considered edible either raw or cooked in various cuisines. The word fruit is used in several different ways.
Dramatic unclassified video shows the US military bombing a cave complex in the terrorist stronghold of Somalia targeting a senior ISIS "attack planner" and several other militants he recruited in ...
BMW and Yamaha Motor have invested in U.S.-based rare earths processing startup Phoenix Tailings, the latest move by manufacturers to boost production of the strategic metals outside of China.
+ 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.