Biology:Bronze loquat
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Eriobotrya |
| Species: | E. deflexa
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| Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai
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The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan (known indigenously as ritu or litu[3]), and South Vietnam.[2]
Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[4]
Coppertone loquat
The Coppertone loquat (Eriobotrya 'Coppertone') is a hybrid of Eriobotrya deflexa[5] and Indian hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica)[6] and is a popular shrub in the Southern United States and California .
References
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Bronze loquat | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of China
- ↑ Li, Paul Jen-kuei (July 2022). "Some notes on animals and plants for Proto-Austronesian speakers". Language and Linguistics. 語言暨語言學: 259. doi:10.1075/lali.18.2.04li.
- ↑ The Illustrated Medicinal Plants of Taiwan. 4. Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc.. 1995.
- ↑ [1] Ernest P. Bordier, 1978. United States Patent PP4,245
- ↑ "Eriobotrya x 'Coppertone' Loquat, Coppertone from Mortellaros". http://www.mortellaros.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=98.
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