Eriobotrya

Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees, in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.^[2]

Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Eriobotrya Lindl.
Type species
Eriobotrya japonica
Species
See text[1]

Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.

Plants of the World Online treats Eriobotrya as a synonym of Rhaphiolepis.^[3]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f.		India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder		China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai	Bronze Loquat	China, Taiwan and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya dubia Decne.		India, Bhutan and Nepal
	Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl.		Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth.		China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya henryi Nakai		Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne.		Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
	Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Loquat	Japan, China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya malipoensis Kuan		China (Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f.		Bhutan and Sikkim
	Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & E. H. Wilson		China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos
	Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.		China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar
	Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill.		China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal		China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan), Myanmar