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Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)

purpletreaclepurpletreacle Posts: 50
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Our loquat tree has some suckers coming up from the base of the trunk.  The leaves are a different shape.   Does that mean the plant was grafted onto the rootstock of a different plant?  I can't see the telltale "bulge" of a graft. 



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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Is your tree near a boundary? The plant growing up looks like a runner from another plant. Looks a bit like Celastrus Orbiculatus, Oriental Bittersweet. Can be a shrub or a climber. I doubt it is a grafted plant. 
  • purpletreaclepurpletreacle Posts: 50
    Thanks for your suggestion.  There aren't any nearby shrubs with that oval leaf, and the suckers are definitely attached to the woody trunk of our tree.  On close examination, it may be grafted after all. 🤔 Think I'll just remove them, but try potting one up as a hardwood cutting and see what it turns out as! Perhaps a Celastrus 🙂
  • markdelany82markdelany82 Posts: 1
    Hi there. I have exactly the same thing on my Eribotrya, identical suckers to those in your picture. Did you ever discover what the suckers are?
  • purpletreaclepurpletreacle Posts: 50
    Hi, I didn't do any further research, as there didn't appear to be any adverse effects from the suckers, which come up every year. I concluded my plant is grafted.
    Here are some new photos, in case any knowledgeable people out there can identify it from the leaves.

     
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