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Eriobotrya
Sign in to saveEriobotrya 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.
Species
Loquat
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Die Wollmispeln (Eriobotrya) sind eine Pflanzengattung der Kernobstgewächse (Pyrinae) in der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae). Der bekannteste Vertreter der Gattung ist die Japanische Wollmispel (Eriobotrya japonica), die gelegentlich als Zierpflanze und zunehmend auch wegen ihrer wohlschmeckenden Früchte bekannt ist.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 128
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, MO, CHSC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Vietnam, China, United States
Research
611 papers- Postharvest Biology and Technology of Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.).Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity of Eriobotrya japonica leaves: A summary.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2022
- Biological Activities of Extracts from Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.): A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
- Chloroplast genomes of Eriobotrya elliptica and an unknown wild loquat "YN-1".Scientific reports · 2024
- Eriobotrya japonica leaf triterpenoid acids ameliorate metabolic syndrome in C57BL/6J mice fed with high-fat diet.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.
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