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Loquat🌸
Eriobotrya japonica
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An evergreen small tree of the Rosaceae family that blooms with white flowers from late autumn to winter and ripens orange-yellow fruits in early summer. Its leaves are also used medicinally.
Identification Points
- ✓葉は大型で厚く葉裏に褐色毛
- ✓冬に白い小花の円錐花序
- ✓初夏に橙黄色の球形果実
Habitat
本州（関東以西）・四国・九州（中国原産、果樹として栽培）
Season
11〜2月（花）／5〜6月（果実）
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Petal count
5 petals
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionバラ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosales > Rosaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90 million years ago onward)
Sources & References
🤖Claude AI
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