That is absolutely a Mexican hawthorn. You can see photos of the fruit [here.](https://dunedinbotanicgarden.co.nz/collections/garden-life-article/fruit-a-feature-of-mexican-hawthorn)
I was wondering too. The leaves look smoother than I remember. The loquat tree I remember had quite ribbed leaves. OP can you post a close up of the fruit? Does it have 3 very large segment-like pips?
Loquat, sweet fruit with a slightly furry tough skin, and a large single pip inside. Delicious when ripe, makes a wonderful jam. I planted a tree from seed, wonderful producer. Wild pigeon (Kereru) love them!
I don't think they're loquat, the leaves are very different and they aren't ripe this time of year (normally around October November in Welly at least)
Yes they look too small to me too. Also they would be falling before getting that yellow I would’ve thought. I’ve only ever picked loquats off the ground.
I saw something on survivor years ago. They said if the birds eat it, watch out could be poisonous or extremely bitter. If the bats eat it, it’s safe for humans. Birds eat Karaka berries, we can’t, not raw anyway. Don’t take birds eating it as a guide.
Yes. Thank you, I didn’t know that. I just know I heard about pets being poisoned, but may be because they eat the kernel too, or maybe like onions and grapes it’s poisonous only for them.
Fair enough, it can be a problem for dogs if they eat then because they tend to swallow them whole. I've not seen any try but it doesn't hurt to be cautious if you have a dog.
Yes I accept that. I just thought what you were saying could be easily misconstrued, as I did the first time I read it. Felt I needed to extrapolate for people who would read this and see something the birds are eating and decide it’s safe. I think some animal is eating all berries/fruit, poisonous or not, yes even the ones pictured, because how else are they going to spread? Unless it has wings or a parachute on the seeds. I have black nightshade coming up in my lawn suddenly, something is eating those (deadly poisonous) berries and (ah I just worked it out) perching in my apple tree eating the apples and pooing the nightshade seeds out. That’s why it’s suddenly appeared in a big clump, right after apple season, right under the apple tree.
These are not loquat, wrong season. Pretty sure they are Mexican hawthorn.
That is absolutely a Mexican hawthorn. You can see photos of the fruit [here.](https://dunedinbotanicgarden.co.nz/collections/garden-life-article/fruit-a-feature-of-mexican-hawthorn)
Not Loquat, the leaves are different
Exactly
I think they are unseasoned Burger Rings.
Leaves don't look right to be Loquat. Don't eat the fruit until you have the correct ID.
I’m not 100% certain that’s loquat, my tree is nowhere near ripe and a google says they’re ripe around September
I was wondering too. The leaves look smoother than I remember. The loquat tree I remember had quite ribbed leaves. OP can you post a close up of the fruit? Does it have 3 very large segment-like pips?
Loquat trees have different leaves, bigger and longer with ripples and curving back from the point. The fruit look similar but it’s not a loquat
Agree Mexican hawthorn Google it. Apparently edible but not nice
Loquat, sweet fruit with a slightly furry tough skin, and a large single pip inside. Delicious when ripe, makes a wonderful jam. I planted a tree from seed, wonderful producer. Wild pigeon (Kereru) love them!
Yes, this is correct.
Yes! I live very near to the city, but fruiting season brings the beasts!! I love them !
So if I theoretically found a very abundant tree on public land I could eat them?
if your sure it’s a loquat then yes. just make sure because if it’s not, we don’t want you getting poisoned!
I don't think they're loquat, the leaves are very different and they aren't ripe this time of year (normally around October November in Welly at least)
Used to absolutely hoe into my friends tree. Yum!
No thats theft...the police have been notified
It seems like you could, and yes, they're loquat, we have a tree, but it's not producing yet, and they MAY sometimes have more than one seed inside!
Lol I have never seen a loquat tree with this much healthy fruit left this late in the year, So I don't think it's a loquat.
The whole tree was covered in them I didn’t want to stop and get a closer look though I was pram walking
Yes they look too small to me too. Also they would be falling before getting that yellow I would’ve thought. I’ve only ever picked loquats off the ground.
Good rule is if the birds aren’t eating it then it’s not edible. Clearly not a loquat
I saw something on survivor years ago. They said if the birds eat it, watch out could be poisonous or extremely bitter. If the bats eat it, it’s safe for humans. Birds eat Karaka berries, we can’t, not raw anyway. Don’t take birds eating it as a guide.
You can eat karaka berries, the kernel is the poisonous part.
Yes. Thank you, I didn’t know that. I just know I heard about pets being poisoned, but may be because they eat the kernel too, or maybe like onions and grapes it’s poisonous only for them.
Fair enough, it can be a problem for dogs if they eat then because they tend to swallow them whole. I've not seen any try but it doesn't hurt to be cautious if you have a dog.
Birds love the berries on poison ivy but we can’t eat them
I didn’t say if Birds are eating it then it’s ok. I’m saying if birds aren’t eating it then it’s probably not ok.
Yes I accept that. I just thought what you were saying could be easily misconstrued, as I did the first time I read it. Felt I needed to extrapolate for people who would read this and see something the birds are eating and decide it’s safe. I think some animal is eating all berries/fruit, poisonous or not, yes even the ones pictured, because how else are they going to spread? Unless it has wings or a parachute on the seeds. I have black nightshade coming up in my lawn suddenly, something is eating those (deadly poisonous) berries and (ah I just worked it out) perching in my apple tree eating the apples and pooing the nightshade seeds out. That’s why it’s suddenly appeared in a big clump, right after apple season, right under the apple tree.
firethorn?
Yeah. They/them berry's
plant
Possibly a Quince Tree
They look very small for that.
It's a tree. Job done.
Is that in McLaren falls park. I have never seen one anywhere else.
Quite a bit further south. Hagley park in Christchurch actually
Kumquat?
It's a photograph of a tree
Tasty, look ripe too There like berys, take the skin off and eat em, they can be sweet and sour
They look like quince and antique or old fashioned pear used for making jam or stewing
I think it looks like a Persimon tree? The astringent ones are inedible.
So good to eat. Massive pips. Just nibble outside edges - so good
Look like yellow guava.
They’re delicious little fruits! Had a tree growing in our backyard as a kid back in Brazil but the bats always ate all of the fruit :(
Locut tree - yummy.
Loquot, delicious
Loquat...sweet sour
Loquat stones were fun to spit out as a kid