Re: Re Nuptial Trees
Speaking for Oz, small and insignificant though we are.........it's always
been a loquat tree to us, the trees are very common, one might almost say
weedy, here [and I do!]
Never heard it called a medlar, Japanese or any other.
Margaret.
Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Longville <tim@eddy.u-net.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:21 AM
Subject: Re: Re Nuptial Trees
> Cali - OK, so *not* my last word....
>
> >Tim, the confusion is built in. The "common" name for Eriobotrya
japonica
> >IS "Japanese medlar". I think "loquat" is just used for the fruit. I've
> >never hear of a "loquat-tree."
>
> 'Common' name??! Well, if you say so. Hands up those who've heard or
> used it! And I just looked up loquat in the dictionary and find that
> it's from the Chinese, luh quat - that is, it's the Chinese name for
> the tree, not the fruit! So, when we call the fruit 'loquat,' we're in
> fact wrong. We should call it 'loquat fruit' - or something snappier!
> but not just loquat. On the other hand, if we call the tree loquat,
> we're right. And, on the third hand, if we call the tree 'Japanese
> medlar,' we're just being deliberately and maliciously confusing!
>
>
> Tim Longville
>
