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Title: Can you ID please.
Post by: lorna on August 02, 2010, 15:00:41

A friend sent me this photo, she knows I am a member of A4A and wondered if a member could identify this tree please.. Not sure if photo shows enough details. Many thanks.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: Digeroo on August 02, 2010, 15:05:01

Sorry Lorna the photo is not very clear.  It certainly looks like a tree to me. ;D

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: Bugloss2009 on August 02, 2010, 15:08:02

could it be a loquat? Eriobotrya japonica

it was in Cornwall after all

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: ACE on August 02, 2010, 15:46:30

near enough Bugloss, but my money would be on a kumquat, It could be it has two names. I have  one in my garden and have always refered to it as a kumquat and have never been corrected. I got mine as a seedling when I was on holiday in Montpelier, They where growing wild down there.

We have trouble in windy weather and it needs to be well staked as the big evergreen leaves do catch the wind. When in bloom the scent is to die for.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: lorna on August 02, 2010, 15:54:06

Thank you. Not sure where she was when she took photos. Will ask her.
Does this photo help any more?

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: Bugloss2009 on August 02, 2010, 16:06:41

doesn't a kumquat have smooth leaves, and a loquat have ribbed leaves? That's got ribbed leaves i'm thinking, and the fruit looks more like a loquat (not that i've ever seen one  ;D )

i'm OK with me quats, i just have trouble with me los and me kums

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: antipodes on August 02, 2010, 16:26:27

Looks like a Medlar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus)

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: ACE on August 02, 2010, 16:41:27

Quote from: antipodes on August 02, 2010, 16:26:27

Looks like a Medlar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus)

I have a medlar, I can assure you it is not one of those.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: lorna on August 02, 2010, 17:28:40

Many thanks to everyone for all your help. Will pass info on to her.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: Unwashed on August 02, 2010, 23:18:25

I have a medlar too.  You can have it if you want it!  It's for good reason that the French call the fruit dog's arse.

No, it's not a medlar.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: antipodes on August 03, 2010, 15:06:32

Quote from: Unwashed on August 02, 2010, 23:18:25

I have a medlar too.  You can have it if you want it!  It's for good reason that the French call the fruit dog's arse.

No, it's not a medlar.

HA HA! Yeah, in French it's scientifically called a Nefle. (which doesn't literally mean... oh forget it...) but I think they are called the other too!  ;D ;D
I think they are kind of foul, but I thought the fruit looked similar, was a bit of a wild guess. The fruit are eaten here by many of the North African population and occasionally by my OH but I find them quite yukky myself.

Title: Re: Can you ID please.
Post by: Bugloss2009 on August 03, 2010, 15:27:38

the loquat is known as the Japanese medlar