Description: The Loquat tree is originated from China and Japan, but its cultivation is very frequent in Portugal. It belonged to a family of Indian origin and was destroyed during the demolition of their house. Its associated uses are unknown. (*)
Provided by: Amarchande Otomchande e Puspavantibai Valgi, both Portuguese. The former was born in India and the latter was born in Mozambique.
Present Location: It was cut down during the demolition of the house.
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after the demolition in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
