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Loquat
A small, pear shaped fruit, pale to golden-yellow in colour, native to southern China and Japan. The crisp, sweet-sour flesh is wonderfully refreshing but most of the centre is taken up by large seeds which are quite beautiful, especially when the fruit is opened as they have a silvery sheen to them. Eat them fresh or poach them in a light sugar syrup. The canned version is quite good and works well in an Oriental fruit salad.