Eriobotrya japonica
naturalizedRosaceae

Eriobotrya japonica

Loquat

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) (from Cantonese Chinese: 盧橘; Jyutping: lou4gwat1, nowadays called Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá; Jyutping: pei paa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, a native to the cooler hill regions of China to south-central China. It is also quite common in Japan, Korea, hilly Regions of India (Himachal), Northern Areas of Pakistan and some can be found in some Northern part of the Philippines, and hill country in Sri Lanka.

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Seasonality

Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 56 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 150 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 94 · GBIF 73
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 12
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 6
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 6
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Alaeakila, Kaapahu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Papalele · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamehamenui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻohe 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1