Eriobotrya salwinensis

Hand.-Mazz.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are eaten fresh.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows in broad-leaved forests between 1,600-2,400 m above sea level.

Asia, China, India, Myanmar, SE Asia, Tibet,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A small tree. The branches are short, stout and greyish black. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and 10-20 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. They are thickly leathery. They are pale underneath. The flowers are in a pyramid shaped group 15 cm across made up of many flowers. The flower petals are yellow. The fruit is round and brown and 1.5 cm across. It has rusty hairs.

Production

In Yunnan fruit are harvested between June and August.

References (2)

Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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