Evergreen tree with round crown and hairy twigs. The leaves are elliptic, up to 30 cm long and have brown hairs on the underside. Loquats are oval, orange-coloured pomes approx. 5 cm long with a firm, juicy pulp and up to five dark seeds in the centre.
The ripe fruits have a sweet watery flavour, faintly reminiscent of apricots. In Taiwan loquats are canned and exported all over the world.
We prefer to eat these sweet fruits when fresh and sow the cores for sale as seedlings.
Southeastern China and Japan
Wild source, 2013
The ripe fruits have a sweet watery flavour, faintly reminiscent of apricots. In Taiwan loquats are canned and exported all over the world.
We prefer to eat these sweet fruits when fresh and sow the cores for sale as seedlings.
