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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. [3] [4] In Japan, the loquat has been grown for over ...
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
The fruit of the pawpaw is a large, yellowish-green to brown berry, 2–6 in (5–15 cm) long and 1–3 in (3–8 cm) broad, weighing from 0.7–18 oz (20–510 g), containing several brown or black seeds 1 ⁄ 2 –1 in (15–25 mm) in diameter embedded in the soft, edible fruit pulp. The conspicuous fruits begin developing after the plants ...
Nespolino is an Italian liqueur made from the seeds of the loquat fruit. [1] It has a bitter taste reminiscent of other Italian seed-based bitter liqueurs such as amaretto and nocino, both prepared from nuts and apricot kernels.
Minamibōsō is known for flowers, uchiwa fans (房州うちわ), loquat fruit, whaling , and surfing. It is currently tied in first place for the city with the most roadside stations selling locally produced goods in Japan.
Biwa (restaurant), a former restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Biwa trout, an anadromous fish in the salmon family enzootic to Lake Biwa; Eric Biwa, a former Namibian politician; Lake Biwa, a lake in Shiga Prefecture, Japan; Loquat or biwa, a fruit tree in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China
The reddish-brown fruit is a pome, 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, with wide-spreading persistent sepals around a central pit, giving a 'hollow' appearance to the fruit. [7] In cultivated forms the diameter is even between 3 and 8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in).
Pouteria caimito, the abiu (Portuguese pronunciation:), is a tropical fruit tree originating in the Amazonian region of South America, and this type of fruit can also be found in the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia. It grows to an average of 10 metres (33 feet) high, with ovoid fruits.