We get questions. As generalists and writers, not experts, we do our best to answer them. We’ll throw this one out to the readers. Charles Chiu writes to ask if the tree above is a loquat. My vote is no. It doesn’t quite look like the loquat tree, from our neighborhood, pictured below.
Opinions? If not a loquat what is this tree?
here in new orleans, we call those japanese plums
Definitely not a loquat. It would be helpful to get a description of fruit and flowers to further identify it.
My bet would be some sort of Pittosporum.
I think the above tree is a strangler fig. Ask if the tree is near another tree or growing on another tree…definitely not a loquat.
it’s hard to see…and there’s no fruit on the pic, but the leaves look a bit like the cherymoya (cherimoya?) tree in our backyard…
To me, the leaves look remarkedly like the Kumquat tree that was at the house next door when I grew up.
not a loquat, not a pittosporum, HIGHLY doubt it’s a ficus (especially not a strangler in the states) not a cherimoya and not a kumquat. I can’t quite tell what it is because i can’t see the positioning of the leaves. the leaves almost look like compound palmate leaves but I can’t tell from this photo. if they are simple leaves it could (maybe) be an avocado. but it’s impossible to tell from this photo. need some shots of the leaf stems (where they attach to the branches, underside of leaves, and etc…
I dunno, the bottom pick with the groovier leaves looks loquat-y, but the skin of unripened fruit looks too smooth/shiny. Loquat fruit gotta bit o’ the fuzz.
The top pic looks like a totally different tree.
I am no help at all.
The lower image is a Loquat. I have two very prolific trees and I can assure you, loquat it is. The top image not so much. It looks nothing like a kumquat, I have one of those too. It might be a Pittosporum like the other posts. Or maybe one of those Chinese money trees, the kind you see at Dim Sum.
If you put the fellow in contact with me I may be able to identify it. I’m pro at plant identification. top o’ the class.
It’s definitely NOT a pittosporum or a loquat.
The leaves and stems look rather ficus-y. Whether it’s a strangler or not I couldn’t say. Stranglers are native to Florida and have been introduced to southern CA.
I’d say it’s definitely not any of the other proposed trees, including an avocado. The leaves of the unidentified tree are too hard and glossy to be from an avocado.
Pittosporum Undulata. Victorian Box. Night scented flowers would confirm.
My vote is a mango. I thought Pittosporum had rounder, more rigid leaves?
definitely not a loquat,kumquat, pittosporum, I agree with Kelly, I think it’s a mango. I almost thought Sapote, but the leave clusters are not in 5’s.
Epiphytic Schefflera?
I say “It’s a Witch!”. Throw it in the water to see if it floats. Otherwise, the leaves look a lot like the leaves on my avocado tree.
if the leaves are as large as a loquats, they are too large too be a victorian box (pitt. undulatum) But if they are smaller then it very much could be (excuse my denying that, i’m assuming the photographer took into consideration the leaf size when asking if it’s a loquat). definitely more photos and maybe a shot of the leaves next to something to reference the size.
If it has white flowers and black berries, I’d say a Photinia…
the leaves look like medlar (Eriobotrya japonica), but not so much the fruit…
looks like an avocado tree
Not a Sapote, at least not a white Sapote. I have one I planted from a seed.
the plant with fruits is Loquat, as very common in my country, Brazil, i like this green with salt and tequila and i like your blog and life support articles…, see more for the plant here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat