Characteristics of loquat tree

Loquat trees can usually grow to about 3-4m, and the crown is round, which converges inward. Its trunk is not very long, the branches are yellowish brown, with small villi. The leaves are lanceolate, oval-oblong or Obovate, about 12-30cm in length. The flowers are white and the petals are oval or oblong.

Loquat species:

1. Common loquat

Common loquat is an evergreen small tree, 610 meters high, the trunk is grayish brown, rough, the new shoots are densely velutinous, the leaves are Obovate or long oval, subsessile, leathery, the leaves are rust-colored tomentose on the back, and the leaf margin is serrated. Panicle, white florets, 5 calyx and 5 petals, stamens numerous, style 5-lobed, ovary pulled down, 5-loculed, ovules 2 each.

The pulp of this kind of loquat is relatively large, and it is usually orange-red or orange-yellow, with 2-6 seeds. All the cultivated varieties belong to wood species. This variety of loquat is characterized by winter flowers and summer fruits. Native species are distributed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other places. It is a common kind of loquat on the market.

two。 Taiwan loquat

Taiwan loquat, also known as red leaf loquat, originated in Hengchun, Taiwan. The leaf is thin, the fruit is small, round, mature in October, sweet and edible, has the effect of curing fever and weak cold tolerance. It can be used as rootstock. It is characterized by summer flowers and autumn fruits. Distributed in Taiwan and Guangdong.

3. South Asia loquat

South Asian loquat is also known as Yunnan loquat, light leaf loquat, Yunnan and northern India have native species. Big evergreen trees. Both sides of the leaf are smooth and glabrous, glossy, and the petiole is 2-3 cm long. The flowers smell of Hawthorn. Fruit small, oval. There are 1 to 2 seeds. It is characterized by winter flowers and summer fruits.

4. Dahua loquat

Dahua loquat has native species in western Sichuan. Leaf margin revolute, initially velutinous, then glabrescent, petiole 2.5-4.0 cm long. The flowers are large, 2.0-2.5 cm in diameter and 3 pistils. Fruit large, suborbicular, orange-red, smooth. There are 1 to 2 seeds. Distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian. It is characterized by spring flowers and autumn fruits.

5. Quercus leaf loquat

Quercus leaf loquat is produced in Mengzi, Yunnan and western Sichuan. Little Arbor. Leaves abaxially densely obliquely gray velutinous. The ovary is half superior. The fruit is small, ovoid, and the meat is thin and edible. Solitary seed (1 seed). It is characterized by autumn flowers and summer fruits.

6. Nujiang loquat

Nujiang loquat is produced along the Nujiang River in Yunnan. Little Arbor. The leaf surface is bright, the back of the leaf is yellow villous. The fruit is spherical. Solitary seed (1 seed). It matured from June to August. It is characterized by spring flowers and autumn fruits.