id: 76
name: Loquats
flavor_bible_name_variants: loquats,lovage,lox
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status: draft
source: foodb,flavor_bible
food_db_name: Loquat
flavor_db_name_variants: loquat
name_scientific: Eriobotrya japonica
description: The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to south-central China. It is a large evergreen shrub or small tree, grown commercially for its yellow fruit, and also cultivated as an ornamental plant. Eriobotrya japonica was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes known as the Japanese medlar. It is also known as Japanese plum and Chinese plum. In Japan it is called biwa. And in China, it is called Lo Guat (??) in Cantonese and pipa (??) in Mandarin. In Turkey it is known as malta eri?i, meaning Maltese plum. Loquat fruits, growing in clusters, are oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 3?5 centimetres (1?2 in) long, with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin. The succulent, tangy flesh is white, yellow or orange and sweet to subacid or acid, depending on the cultivar.
itis_id: 502403
wikipedia_id: Loquat
picture_file_name: 76.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 92789
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:54.000Z
legacy_id: 82
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Tropical fruits
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:19.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 32224
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00076