Taxon: Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

Common names:

• Japanese-medlar   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• loquat   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• lukwart   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• pi ba   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• bibassier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• néflier du Japon   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• japanische Mispel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• japanische Wollmispel   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• nespereira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• níspero   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – Spanish
  
• níspero del Japón   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nispolero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• japansk mispel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• bibasse   (Source: Pl Names ) – unknown
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Eriobotrya japonica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Hubei, Sichuan
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Taiwan

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. 1998. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 2:161.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Yang, X. et al. 2009. Genetic relationships in Eriobotrya species as revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Sci. Hort. 122:264–268.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Eriobotrya japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Eriobotrya japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Eriobotrya japonica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Mespilus japonica Thunb. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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