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Eriobotrya japonica

(Thunb.) Lindl.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Eriobotrya japonica
Common name (English)
Loquat
Common name (Greek)
Μεσπιλιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X21 Archaeological
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X20 Treeline
G4 Mixed woodland
Global distribution

China (S-Chongqing, Hubei), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Korea (c), Albania (c), Baleares (c), Croatia (c), Corsica (c), Crete (c), Greece (c), Cyprus (c), East Aegaean Isl. (c), Rhodos (c), France (c), Spain (c, I), Israel & Jordania (c, I), Italy (c), Lebanon (c, I), Lebanon & Syria (c, I), Portugal (c), Sardinia (c), Sicily (c, I), Libya (c, I) Algeria (c), Tunisia (c, I), Morocco (c, I), Turkey (Anatolia) (c, I), Ukraine (c), Costa Rica (c), Panama (c), Belize (c), Australia (c) (Queensland (c), New South Wales (c)), Taiwan (c), Uzbekistan (c), Java (c), Jamaica (c), Nicaragua (c), Peru (c), Ecuador (c), Brazil (c), Puerto Rico (c), Haiti (c), Dominican Republic (c), Lesser Antilles (c) (Montserrat (c), Guadeloupe (c), Dominica (c), Martinique (c)), Bolivia (c), Mexico (c), Guatemala (c), Honduras (c), El Salvador (c), Nicaragua (c), Colombia (c), New Caledonia (c), trop. Africa (c), Guinea (c), Cameroon (c), Central African Republic (c), Mozambique (c), Sao Tome (c), Fiji (c), Lord Howe Isl. (c), Norfolk Isl. (c), India (c), Jammu & Kashmir (c), Pakistan (c), Nepal (c), Laos (c), Philippines (c), Myanmar [Burma] (c), Thailand (c), Vietnam (c), Malesia (c), Sri Lanka (c), Cook Isl. (c) (Rarotonga (c)), Marshall Isl. (c) (Jaluit (c)), Micronesia (c) (Pohnpei (c)), Southern Marianas (c) (Guam (c)), Tonga (c) (Tongatapu (c)), Mauritius (c), La Runion (c), Azores (c) (Santa Maria Isl. (c), Sao Miguel Isl. (c), Terceira (c), Graciosa (c), Sao Jorge (c), Pico (c), Faial (c), Flores Isl. (c), Corvo Isl. (c)), Canary Isl. (c) (Gran Canaria (c), Tenerife (c), La Gomera (c), La Palma (c), Lanzarote (c)), Cape Verde Isl. (c) (Santo Antao Isl. (c)), Hawaii (c) (Kauai (c) (Koke`e (c)), East Maui (c) (Keokea (c)), Hawaii Isl. (c)), USA (c) (California (c), Florida (c), Louisiana (c)), Trinidad & Tobago (c) 146576 0

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Habitat detail

Ancient Idalion, palace area, among ruins (Hand et al. 2022).

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. 

An adventive species in Cyprus (Tsintides et al. 2002).

"First specimen-based record for Cyprus. At the cited location a c. 3 m high shrub was found, certainly not planted there. In Cyprus, the species is widely cultivated for its
edible fruits and as an ornamental plant (Tsintides et al. 2002). The species regularly naturalises, but is not popular with collectors, so there are no detailed documented
records. It should be classified as ‘Casual’" (Hand et al. 2022). 

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
References

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 22nd May 2020.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Makris C (2022) New noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (1995–2022). Cypricola 22: 1-12.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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