Eriobotrya japonica, (Thunb.) Lindley
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1. E. japonica (Thunb.) Lindley View in CoL , Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 102 (1821).
Small tree up to 10 m. Leaves 12-25 cm, obovate to elliptic-oblong, dentate, reddish-brown-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence densely reddish-brown-tomentose. Flowers c. 1 cm in diameter. Fruit 3-6 cm, pyriform or ellipsoid, yellow. Seeds 1-1-5 cm. Cultivated in S. Europe for the edible fruit, and elsewhere for ornament. More or less naturalized in Açores, Portugal and Kriti. [Az Cr Hs It Lu.] (C. China.)
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Eriobotrya japonica
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
E. japonica (Thunb.)
| Lindley 1821: 102 |