Yep. That's a loquat. They grow wild around where I used to live in Los Angeles. And they're delicious. I love em! Though, probably mostly because they remind me of my youth.

yes, I can!! in spanish "nísperos", in english loquat, also calles may apple or japanese medlar.Very common in the mediterranean area.

Wow, I haven't had nisperos in years! I used to have them in Nicaragua and every once in a blue moon in Miami. I haven't seen them in years though.

Also, I didn't know what their name in English was. Thanks for this educational bit. :-)

I love mostly their grainy feeling.

By the way, the nisperos--ahem, loquats--that I've had are usually round, not pear-shaped like the ones in the photo above.

I knew them as medlars. My parents had a tree in the garden when I was growing up, I love them!

When I was searching all over the internet for a fruit that matched this description, I saw loquats but thought mine were too pear-shaped to be the same thing! Thank you, everyone! Now to make a cobbler with these yummy little fruits!

I ate those in Israel last spring and they were delicious! I never did find out the name in English though, thanks!

Yeah, as soon as I saw the almond shaped seeds I knew they were loquats. I'm not sure if they actually grow in the Philippines, but my Filipina grandmother had five or six trees in her backyard and we always called them loquat. I loved eating them so much as a kid, especially the sweeter white variety. Mmm. Loquat jam is very good also, if you ever find yourself with a loquat abundance.

Here in Brazil, we called it "ameixa amarela" (yellow plum)

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriobotrya_japonica

I first had them in France many years ago, where they are called "nefles". Then I found them in Greece as "mousmoulo" (may not be the right spelling.) I later learned that they are loquats and do exist in the US, but I have never seen them anywhere in the Northeast, where I live. That is sad for me, because they are the tastiest fruit I have ever encountered, with a lucious, juicy, taste that is part citrus and part peach.

You can make a delicious jam with it, too.

As delicious and beautiful as they are, never park under a loquat tree. Here in LA, my apartment's one parking space was under a very fruitful tree and it was a nightmare to get the fruit residue (and the bird residue) off my car without damaging the paint. Makes great jelly and a pretty good cobbler.

In Turkey we call it Malta eriği (Malta plum) or yeni dünya (new world).

Dear KBRNUEAU, it's not muşmula, muşmula is another and sweeter fruit and the colr is darker.