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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) is a tree native to China (Guangdong, Hainan), Taiwan and Vietnam.[2]
| Bronze loquat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Eriobotrya |
| Species: | E. deflexa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriobotrya deflexa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.[3]
× Rhaphiobotrya is an artificial hybrid genus between species of Eriobotrya and Rhaphiolepis.[4][5] Hybrids include the coppertone loquat (× Rhaphiobotrya 'Coppertone'), the parents of which are Eriobotrya deflexa and Rhaphiolepis indica or R. × delacourii.[6] It is a popular cultivated shrub in the Southern United States and California.[citation needed]
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