General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Beach Front
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects

Common names
  • Loquat
  • Japanese Plum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rhaphiolepis bibas
  • Synonym: Eriobotrya japonica
  • Synonym: Rhaphiolepis loquata

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