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.
Species
Image
Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Eriobotrya angustissima Hook. f.
Assam, Vietnam
Eriobotrya averyanovii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw
Laos
Eriobotrya balgooyi K.M.Wong & Ent
Sabah
Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f.
India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
Eriobotrya capitata Aver.
Laos
Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder
China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya condaoensis X.F.Gao, Idrees & T.V.Do
South-east Vietnam
Eriobotrya crassifolia Q.Fan, S.F.Chen & K.K.Meng
China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya × daduheensis H.Z.Zhang ex W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & M.Y.Ding
China (Sichuan)
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 fusca K.C.Kuan ex X.F.Gao & Idrees
China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya henryi Nakai
Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
Eriobotrya hongiaoensis Yahara & Tagane
Vietnam
Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne.
Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Loquat
Japan, China and Vietnam
Eriobotrya kwangsiensis Chun ex X.H.Yang & S.Q.Lin
China
Eriobotrya laoshanica W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & S.F.Chen
China
Eriobotrya latifolia Hook.f.
Myanmar
Eriobotrya longifolia (Decne.) Hook.f.
Arunachal Pradesh
Eriobotrya macrocarpa Kurz
Myanmar
Eriobotrya malipoensis K.C.Kuan
China (Yunnan)
Eriobotrya merguiensis J.E.Vidal
Myanmar
Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm.
China (Yunnan)...
