Bronze loquatThe bronze loquat is a tree native to China, Taiwan and Vietnam.Its leaves are used in Taiwanese folk medicine as an expectorant.Hybridsis an artificial hybrid genus between species of Eriobotrya and Rhaphiolepis. Hybrids include the coppertone loquat, the parents of which are Eriobotrya deflexa and Rhaphiolepis indica or R. × delacourii. It is a popular cultivated shrub in the Southern [United States] and California.