pipa

I went to the market with the driver and found this fruit. I never tried it before but Mr P assured me that it was very tasty. He called it pipa. (loquat)
Among the first cultivated fruit in Asia, the loquat is steeped in ancient Chinese mythology. For many years only the Chinese royalty was allowed to eat the fruit, as it was thought that loquat fruit falling into the rivers gave the strength and desire to swim against current and up waterfalls and be turned into mythical dragons. In 914 the first Chinese medical textbook mentioned how to use loquat to obtain clear lungs. Japanese law books in the early 900’s stated the proper way to present loquat as an offering to the Shinto Gods.
Loquat is sometimes called pipa (Chinese) or biwa (Japanese).
It has a bit the taste of an abricot but not so sweet and it has not such a soft structure.  The chinese also have an music instrument that is called pipa. ( because of his simular shape)