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Chaenomeles japonica, called the Japanese quince or Maule's quince, [2] is a species of flowering quince that is native to Japan. It is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species C. speciosa, growing to only about 1 m in height. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers ...
Chaenomeles speciosa, the flowering quince, Chinese quince or Japanese quince, [1] [2] is a thorny deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub native to eastern Asia. It is taller than another commonly cultivated species, C. japonica, usually growing to about 2 m (6 ft 7 in). [1] [2] The flowers are usually red, but may be pink, white or green.
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 ...
The term "marmalade", originally meaning a quince jam, derives from marmelo, the Portuguese word for this fruit. [32] [33] [34] Quince cheese or quince jelly originated from the Iberian peninsula and is a firm, sticky, sweet reddish hard paste made by slowly cooking down the quince fruit with sugar. [35]
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The name loquat derives from Cantonese lou 4 gwat 1 (Chinese: 盧橘; pinyin: lújú; lit. 'black orange'). The phrase 'black orange' originally referred to unripened kumquats, which are dark green in color, but the name was mistakenly applied to the loquat by the ancient Chinese poet Su Shi when he was residing in southern China, and the mistake was widely taken up by the Cantonese region ...
Pseudocydonia sinensis, a fruit tree known as Chinese quince; Chaenomeles, a genus of shrubs known as flowering quinces Chaenomeles japonica, known as Japanese quince; Chaenomeles speciosa, known as Chinese quince; Aegle marmelos, known as Bengal quince; Wild quince, the common name of several plant species
Many trees do not reach this mature height because of hostile, less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble shrub-sized plants. Others in such species have the potential to grow taller in ideal conditions. For longevity, most shrubs are classified between perennials and trees. Some only last about five years in good conditions.