Mystery Monday - Name That Tree!
Monday July 21, 2008
Welcome to Mystery Monday. Last week's lovely was Japanese Maple. Simply gorgeous.
We have another tree up for guessing this week. Here are your hints:
- This lovely tree, native to China, is part of the Rose family
- The fruits are indeed edible.
- This tree, unlike most fruit trees, blooms in fall or early winter. The fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring.
- May reach 20-30 feet tall.
- This grows in a subtropical or tropical climate.
- Parts may be at least slightly poisonous
- Can be used for a sedative, and other medicinal uses such as anti-vomiting, stopping thirst, expectoration, depression and swellings.
- In Japan, monorail systems are used to transport the fruit, which is grown on the hills for good air flow.
Comments
Is it a persimmon?
I believe this is a loquat tree.The fruit is very good I have one in my backyard.
I’d also say it’s a loquat. My Mum’s got one in her back garden that’s at least 30 years old and still fruiting. The climate is Mediterranean, albeit at the bottom of Africa.
dear sharon, i read on your page about hibiscus that you refer to the common name of h. syriacus as “rose of shanon”
the accepted common name [royal horticulteral society u.k]rose of shannon: refers to Hypericum calycinum, which is a st. johns wort [cluciacea/guttiferaea family]….and not a hybiscus[malvaceae family]
there are no native shrubby hibiscus in ireland [where shannon is] but there are plenty of st. johns worts indiginous to ireland
i’m sorry i had to leave this comment here as the link to email on the hibiscus page just took me back to the main site page
yours faithfully
diana
[s. gloucestershire, England]
sorry the last email was supposed to go to vanessa
Hello. You left an intriguing comment about the Rose of Shannon. If you look at the article again, you will see that I wrote the name properly as Rose of SHARON
The names are close so I can see how you saw Shannon. Here is another page that uses that name so it is at least a common name here in America.
I am happy to learn a new common name for St John’s Wort. I will use it in my profile for that plant. Have a lovely day in the UK.
Vanessa
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