When will loquat ripen?

Loquat ripens from spring to early summer.

In fact, the ancients have predicted when loquat will mature. As the old saying goes, buds are born in autumn, blossom in winter, bear fruit in spring, mature in early summer, and bear rain and dew at four o'clock, so "the fruit is only prepared at four o'clock." This means that loquat is different from most fruit trees. It blooms in autumn or early winter, and its fruit matures in spring to early summer, earlier than other fruits, so it is called "the only fruit tree with four seasons".

Of course, in modern times, loquat has evolved many varieties. Due to different producing areas and varieties, the maturity of loquat is also different, and some early-maturing varieties have been listed in March.

The time of listing of major loquat producing areas in China is as follows: March listing: Xiao Yun loquat in Fujian and Mengzi loquat in Yunnan. Listed in April: Fujian Putian loquat and Sichuan Longquan loquat. Listed in May: Jiangsu Dongting Loquat, Anhui Santan Loquat, Zhejiang Tangqi Loquat and Shanghai Qingpu Loquat.

Introduction of loquat:

Loquat. )Lindl。 It is a plant of loquat in Rosaceae. Small evergreen trees, up to 10 m; Branchlets are stout, yellow-brown, densely rusty or grayish brown tomentose. Leaf blade leathery, lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate or oblong, 12-30 cm long and 3-9 cm wide.

Panicle terminal, long 10- 19 cm, many flowers; Total pedicels and pedicels are densely covered with rust-colored villi; Pedicel 2-8 mm long; Bracts subulate, 2-5 mm long, densely covered with rust-colored villi; Flower diameter 12-20mm. The fruit is spherical or rectangular, 2-5 cm in diameter; Seed 1-5, spherical or oblate, diameter 1- 1.5 cm, brown, shiny, and the seed coat is papery. Flowering 10- 12, fruiting in May-June.