The loquat is native to southeastern China. The loquat tree is 3 to 5 meters tall, with large, long, thick, wiry, long oval leaves. The loquat tree blossoms in the winter months of each year, and the fruit spends the winter on the tree, waiting until March to April of the following year to ripen. There are two main types: white and orange: the "white sand" and the "red sand".

There are more than 20 varieties of loquat, which can be categorized into three main types: grass, white sand and red sand. Grass seed and have Yang Dun, clip foot, Qing Bi, five children, Baozhu points, *** with the same characteristics of early maturity, sour with sweet. White sand rind yellowish, flesh is white.

The surface of loquat is velvety, green when not ripe, more hard and solid, aromatic odor is stronger. After ripening, the skin is generally yellowish, but there are also darker colors, close to orange-red.

Common varieties of loquat

Longquanyi loquat

Maturity time in April and May, the main cultivars are large five-star, etc., where the most famous is the "king of loquat" name - large five-star. The most famous loquat here is the "king of loquats" - Da Cinquat, which is found almost all over the mountains. The fruits are sweet, pure in color and taste, with the iconic five-pointed star in the middle of the navel. The quality is excellent, big and yellow, looks super appetizing.

Wengong loquat

Maturity time in early May, the main cultivars are large five-star, etc., Wengong Township is located in the southern foot of the Renshou Er'e Mountain, neighboring Chengdu, is a beautiful "peach blossom township", but also the State Ministry of Agriculture is the only name of "China's Peach Blossom Township! "

The loquats produced here are uniform in shape, large and thick, with thin skins, and most importantly, juicy and sweet.

Asbestos loquat

Maturity time in May-June, the main cultivars are large five-star, fruit really good x, etc., asbestos loquat head is large, thin skin, thick flesh, juicy, very sweet, in the local popularity of the choice of varieties, asbestos county almost exclusively planted "five-star," this is the world's most widely cultivated, recognized as the best overall performance of the cultivation This is one of the most widely cultivated and recognized loquat varieties with the best overall performance in the world.

Tianxian loquat

Maturing time is from April to June, the main cultivars are Early Bell 6, Naxi Early Red, Guifei, etc. The fruit is orange-yellow in color, with a lot of fruit powder and almost no rust spots, and the skin is a little bit thicker but easy to peel off, with a plump flesh.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Loquat (Rosaceae)