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Ripe medlar, Mespilus germanica, fruits on a tree with leaves blurred as the background.

$Small deciduous, spiny tree to 6m, with stiff branches; twigs roughly-hairy. leaves oblong, finely toothed or untoothed, shiny dark green above, grey-hairy beneath. Flowers white, or slightly pink, 25-36mm, solitary on short leafy shoots; sepals slender, spreading between the petals. Fruit apple-shaped, 24-26mm, crowded by persistent sepals.\nHabitat: Hedges, thickets and open woodland, sometimes by buildings or in old orchards.\nFlowering Season: May-June.\nDistribution: Indigenous in S Europe and W Asia. Naturalized in W Europe.\n\nThe fruits are edible only when half-rotten. In cultivated forms, branches non-spiny and fruits larger. The flexible wood is used for whip handles.\n\nThe Picture is made in an Ornamental Garden.$

loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tiny dry fruits on the tree

Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family Rosaceae.

a ripe yellow medlar lies on a medlar leaf. The fruit is reflected on the dark background.

Women hand picking loquats from the tree

Close-up of a ripe medlar fruit hanging from a tree branch, surrounded by green leaves. The brown, textured fruit is illuminated by sunlight, showing the characteristic open calyx at the tip.

Medlar fruit hanging from a tree in a garden.

Common medlar has been cultivated since Roman times, and is edible when is overripe

Close up loquat fruits and tree in nature

A close up of a fruit of Mespilus germanica, also named common medlar on a tree

Medlar fruits on the tree branch in the garden

common medlar or mespilus germanica on a tree

Ripe medlar fruit on the tree in the orchard.

Loquat (scientific name: Eriobotrya japonica), also known as Luju in ancient times, also known as golden pill, reed branch, small mango, and Pipa fruit, is a plant of the genus Loquat in the Rosaceae family. Loquat is native to southeastern China and is famous for its fruit shape that resembles the musical instrument Pipa.

Horizontal closeup photo of branches, leaves and round brown fruit growing on a Medlar tree in an organic garden in Autumn.

Common medlars on a tree (Mespilus germanica)

Ripe fruit loquat on tree in the garden,fresh fruit scene

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