| Nepal Loquat |
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| File size | 649604 |
| Original date | 10/6/10 4:09 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Eriobotrya elliptica Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Mespilus cuila
Synonyms: Mespilus cuila
Nepal Loquat is an evergreen tree, 5-10 m tall. Branchlets are grayish
brown, stout, hairless. Leaf stalks are 2-4 cm long, hairless. Leaf blade
is oblong to oblong-lanceshaped, rarely oblong-inverted-lanceshaped, 18-25
× 6–9 cm, leathery. Lateral veins are 15-20 pairs, prominent on the
underside, impressed above, both surfaces hairless, base wedge-shaped,
rarely rounded, margin obtusely toothed or shortly caudate. Flowers are
borne in many-flowered panicles at the end of branches. The stalk carrying
the flower cluster is densely velvety. Flowers are nearly stalkless. The
cup holding the flower is shallowly campanulate. Sepals are triangular,
blunt, velvety. Petals are round or elliptic. Stamens are 20, styles 5.
Fruit is obovoid or spherical, 8-12 mm in diameter. Nepal Loquat is native
to Nepal, cultivated in parts of India.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. |