Chaenomeles is a genus of four species[1] of deciduous spiny shrubs, usually 1–3 m tall, in the family Rosaceae. They are native to Southeast Asia. These plants are related to the quince (Cydonia oblonga) and the Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis), differing in the serrated leaves that lack fuzz, and in the flowers, borne in clusters, having deciduous sepals and styles that are connate at the base.
The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, and have a serrated margin. The flowers are 3–4.5 cm diameter, with five petals, and are usually bright orange-red, but can be white or pink; flowering is in late winter or early spring. The fruit is a pome with five carpels; it ripens in late autumn.
Chaenomeles is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the brown-tail and the leaf-miner Bucculatrix pomifoliella.
are) often loosely applied to Chaenomeles in general, regardless of their species. The most commonly cultivated Chaenomeles referred to as "japonica" are...
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Chaenomeles japonica, called the Japanese quince or Maule's quince, is a species of flowering quince that is native to Japan. It is a thorny deciduous...
margins and roadsides. The plant is cultivated. Chaenomeles cathayensis. Flora of China. "Chaenomeles cathayensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network...
tree is closely related to the east Asian genus Chaenomeles, and is sometimes placed as Chaenomeles sinensis, but lacks thorns and has single, not clustered...
Chaenomeles thibetica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a tree or shrub, usually thorny, 1.5-3.0 m tall. It is native to Tibet...
a British common name for garden plants of genus Chaenomeles (flowering quince) including Chaenomeles japonica and others Camellia japonica, the common...
sinensis and the three flowering quinces of eastern Asia in the genus Chaenomeles. Another unrelated fruit, the bael, is sometimes called the "Bengal quince"...
valued ornamental plants. These include trees and shrubs (Cotoneaster, Chaenomeles, Crataegus, Dasiphora, Exochorda, Kerria, Photinia, Physocarpus, Prunus...
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