The loquat is a large evergreen shrub that bears dozens of bulb-like orange fruit in the late spring and early summer.

(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group ... In Eastern medicine, the fruit, seeds and tree leaves are used to treat a variety of ailments, including coughs and inflammation.

On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu's backyard ...

"It's beautiful, the fruit and the leaves of the tree," Espiritu said ... In California, the trees thrive off the Bay Area's mild and temperate climate. The English word for "loquat" derives ...

Smell the flower and you will invariably have a dab of yellow pollen on the tip of your nose. There are jokes about the plant ...

Nalani Vaughn, owner of Fruitmommy Organic Solutions, watched as her crew of experienced pruners removed deadwood and branches from the grove of 15 mature navel and Valencia orange trees, survivors of ...

In the summer (and when I’m really rushing), I usually skip moisturizer and just opt for sunscreen. This one from Sarah Creal ...

The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay is ideally located for both first-timers and repeat visitors to Kauai. Read our deputy editor's ...