The mespyla mystery

Mespilus, mesle, medle, medlar (or just loquat)

Sir,
Patroclos might be interested to know that mespyla come from the Latin mespilus or mespilum, which became in Old French mesle or medle, coming in to English as the medlar. The variety grown in Cyprus is the Japanese medlar, better known as loquat.
Paul Bramshaw, Paphos