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Eriobotrya

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Eriobotrya 

a genus of trees of the family Rosaceae, comprising approximately 25 species distributed from the Himalayas east to Japan. One species—the loquat (E. japonica)—is cultivated in the USSR (seeLOQUAT).



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Loquoro, derived from the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica, otherwise known as loquat, is said to provide a targeted approach for balancing low blood sugar and chronic hypoglycemia.
The plant you have now growing in your greenhouse is Eriobotrya japonica, known abroad as the Woolly leaf plant because the undersides of the leaves feel woolly.
315-316 Young HS, Lee CK, Park SW, Park KY, Kim KW, Chung H Y, Yokozawa T, Oura H (1995) Anti-tumorigenic effects of ursolic acid isolated from the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica.
 
 
 
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