Eriobotrya cavaleriei is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a tree with leathery leaves, white flowers, and yellowish-red fruits. The species is native to China, Laos, and Vietnam.
Eriobotrya cavaleriei was described in 1912, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé in 1912. Léveillé placed the species in the genus Hiptage. In 1932, Alfred Rehder moved the species to Eriobotrya. The species has also been placed in Rhaphiolepis.
Distribution Eriobotrya cavaleriei is native to the subtropical biome of China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan), Laos, and Vietnam. The species' estimated extent of occurrence is .
Eriobotrya cavaleriei grows on slopes and in mixed riverside forests, at elevations of .
Description Eriobotrya cavaleriei is a tree that grows high. The branchlets are stout and brownish-yellow.
The leaves are oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate in shape, leathery, long, and wide. The leaf stems are long.
The inflorescence is a wide panicle with many flowers. The flower stems are long. The flowers are wide. The hypanthium is cup-shaped. The sepals are triangular-ovate, and long. The petals are white, obovate, and long. The flowers have twenty stamens. The plant flowers from April to May.
The fruit is an elliptical or subglobose, yellowish-red pome measuring wide. The plant fruits from July to August.
Conservation In 2018, the IUCN assessed Eriobotrya cavaleriei as of Least Concern. It has a wide distribution, a large population, and faces no major threats.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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