The bronze loquat (''Eriobotrya deflexa'') is a tree native to China (

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), Taiwan and Vietnam.Flora of China
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Hybrids

× ''Rhaphiobotrya'' is an artificial hybrid genus between species of ''Eriobotrya'' and ''

Rhaphiolepis ''Rhaphiolepis'' ( or ) is a genus of about fifteen species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical East Asia and Southeast Asia, from southern Japan, southern Korea and southern Chin ...

''. Hybrids include the coppertone loquat (× ''Rhaphiobotrya'' 'Coppertone'), the parents of which are ''Eriobotrya deflexa'' and ''

Rhaphiolepis indica ''Rhaphiolepis indica'', the Indian hawthorn, India hawthorn or Hong Kong hawthorn is an evergreen shrub in the family Rosaceae. Description They are shrubs or small trees, which rarely reach a size of 4 m in height. The branches are purple brow ...

'' or ''R.'' × ''delacourii''. It is a popular cultivated shrub in the

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and

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References

deflexa Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist) {{maleae-stub