Eriobotrya

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

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f.		India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder		China and Vietnam
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 henryi Nakai		Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne.		Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Loquat	Japan, China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya malipoensis Kuan		China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f.		Bhutan and Sikkim
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 tengyuehensi W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan), Myanmar

^ International Plant Names Index | Search : Eriobotrya
^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
^ Eriobotrya Lindl. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 29 March 2023.

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