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LOQUAT, JAPANESE PLUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 991 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOQUAT, See also:JAPANESE See also:PLUM Or JAPANESE See also:MEDLAR, known botanically as Eriobotrya japonica, small See also:evergreen See also:tree belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Rosaceae, with large thick See also:oval-oblong leaves See also:borne near the ends of the branches, and dark See also:green above with a rusty tomentum on the See also:lower See also:face. The See also:fruit ispear-shaped, yellow, about 12 in. See also:long and contains large stony seeds; it has an agreeable See also:acid flavour. The plant is a native of See also:China and See also:Japan, but is widely grown for its fruit and as a decorative plant. It is a See also:familiar See also:object in the Mediterranean region and in the See also:southern See also:United States.

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