Category: Eriobotrya

Tree for ID : San Francisco : 12SEP21 : AK – 013: 2 images. Tree seen in San Francisco. Is it Eriobotrya japonica? I think looks different from images at Eriobotrya japonica I think E. japonica is a very variable species, sensitive to growing conditions.  It’s the only widely cultivated Eriobotrya other than E. deflexa, and […]

Eriobotrya bengalensis ? . ID please- Shillong- BR12- 120416 : 3 posts by 1 author. I am sending herewith the pictures of some plants, collected from Shillong, Meghalaya. It will greatful if these specimens get identified. Kindly send the close-up pics. This looks Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook.f. to me but flower images are not clear.

Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne., 146 1874. (syn: Photinia subsessilis King ex Hook. fil.; Pyrus hookeriana (Decne.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); . Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), E-Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Tree up to 10m. Leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, 15-25 x 3-8cm, acuminate, base attenuate to thick petiole up to 1cm, margins coarsely serrate, glabrous […]

Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Hook.f., The flora of British India 371 1878 (syn: Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Kurz (ambiguous synonym); Mespilus bengalensis Roxb.; Photinia bengalensis (Roxb.) Wall. ex G. Don; Pyrus bengalensis (Roxb.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); . Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.), peninsular Malaysia, Borneo as per Catalogue of […]

Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13:102. 1821 (syn: Mespilus cuila Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.; Photinia elliptica (Lindl.) Nichols.); . SE-Tibet (Mdog Xian), Nepal, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Nepal Loquat . SK 3702 14 March 2023: 8 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 2203 […]

Eriobotrya dubia (Lindl.) Decne., 145 1874. (syn: Crataegus shicola Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.; Mespilus tinctoria D. Don; Photinia dubia Lindl.); . N-India (Kumaon), Nepal to Bhutan, Sikkim, peninsular Malaysia (scattered widely), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mandalay, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life  . Eriobotrya dubia (Lindl.) Dence. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Sharing another […]

Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30:18. 1916 (syn: Eriobotrya buisanensis (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto; Eriobotrya deflexa var. buisanensis (Hayata) Hayata; Eriobotrya deflexa f. buisanensis (Hayata) Nakai; Eriobotrya deflexa f. deflexa ; Eriobotrya deflexa f. koshunensis (Kaneh. & Sasaki) H.L.Li; Eriobotrya deflexa var. koshunensis Kaneh. & Sasaki; Photinia buisanensis Hayata; Photinia deflexa Hemsl.); China […]

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1): 102 102 1821. (syn. Crataegus bibas Lour.; Mespilus japonica Thunb.; Photinia japonica (Thunb.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Asch. & Schweinf.); . China (S-Chongqing, Hubei), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Korea (c), Albania (c), Baleares (c), Croatia (c), Corsica (c), Crete (c), Greece (c), Cyprus (c), East […]