#481 most planted
Eriobotrya deflexa
Bronze loquat · also Taiwan loquat
Evergreen
1,861
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
3
cities
4.0 in
median trunk (10 cm, 1,775 measured)
18 yr
median age (45% have a planting date)
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The Bronze Loquat features shiny bronzy-green new foliage with reddish highlights and showy deep pink flowers in spring. Native to China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, it rarely sets fruit. It requires regular pruning and deep watering as it is not drought-tolerant.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,7631.3%16 yr4.0 in
- 970.02%30 yr1.5 in
- 10.00%—9.9 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–25 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 6.0 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
- Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests
Other Eriobotrya in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
