Eriobotrya

Eriobotrya
	Eriobotrya japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Eriobotrya; Lindl.
Type species
	Eriobotrya japonica;
Species
	See text

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 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)
Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f.		Bhutan and Sikkim
Eriobotrya platyphylla Merr.		Myanmar
Eriobotrya poilanei J.E.Vidal		Vietnam
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 shanense D.H.Kang, H.G.Ong & Y.D.Kim		Myanmar
Eriobotrya stipularis Craib		Thailand to Cambodia
Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Eriobotrya tsiangii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw		China (Yunnan)