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'''''Chaenomeles japonica''''', called the '''Japanese quince''' or '''Maule's quince''',<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=[[Korea National Arboretum]]|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=406|access-date=4 January 2017|via=[[Korea Forest Service]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref> is a species of [[Chaenomeles|flowering quince]]. It is a thorny [[deciduous]] shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species ''[[Chaenomeles speciosa|C. speciosa]]'', growing to only about 1 m in height.<ref name=Hortus>Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. ''Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada''. Macmillan, New York.</ref> The fruit is called {{nihongo|Kusa-boke|草木瓜|Kusa-boke}} in Japanese. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink or multi. It produces apple-shaped fruit that are a golden-yellow color containing red-brown seeds. The fruit is edible, but hard and [[Astringent (taste)|astringent]], unless [[bletting|bletted]] or cooked. The fruit is occasionally used in jam, jelly and pie making as a substitute for its cousin, the true quince, ''[[Cydonia oblonga]]''. ''C. japonica'' is also popularly grown in [[bonsai]].<ref name="Ma-Ke_Chaenomeles japonica ">{{cite web | first=Mark | last=D'Cruz | title=Ma-Ke Bonsai Care Guide for Chaenomeles japonica | publisher=Ma-Ke Bonsai | |
'''''Chaenomeles japonica''''', called the '''Japanese quince''' or '''Maule's quince''',<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=[[Korea National Arboretum]]|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=406|access-date=4 January 2017|via=[[Korea Forest Service]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref> is a species of [[Chaenomeles|flowering quince]]. It is a thorny [[deciduous]] shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species ''[[Chaenomeles speciosa|C. speciosa]]'', growing to only about 1 m in height.<ref name=Hortus>Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. ''Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada''. Macmillan, New York.</ref> The fruit is called {{nihongo|Kusa-boke|草木瓜|Kusa-boke}} in Japanese. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink or multi. It produces apple-shaped fruit that are a golden-yellow color containing red-brown seeds. The fruit is edible, but hard and [[Astringent (taste)|astringent]], unless [[bletting|bletted]] or cooked. The fruit is occasionally used in jam, jelly and pie making as a substitute for its cousin, the true quince, ''[[Cydonia oblonga]]''. ''C. japonica'' is also popularly grown in [[bonsai]].<ref name="Ma-Ke_Chaenomeles japonica ">{{cite web | first=Mark | last=D'Cruz | title=Ma-Ke Bonsai Care Guide for Chaenomeles japonica | publisher=Ma-Ke Bonsai | url=https://www.makebonsai.com/post/japanese-quince | accessdate=2021-02-04}}</ref> |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Chaenomeles |
| Species: | C. japonica
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Chaenomeles japonica, called the Japanese quince or Maule's quince,[2] is a species of flowering quince. 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.[3] The fruit is called Kusa-boke (草木瓜, Kusa-boke) in Japanese. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink or multi. It produces apple-shaped fruit that are a golden-yellow color containing red-brown seeds. The fruit is edible, but hard and astringent, unless bletted or cooked. The fruit is occasionally used in jam, jelly and pie making as a substitute for its cousin, the true quince, Cydonia oblonga. C. japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai.[4]
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References
- ^ "Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 406. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
- ^ D'Cruz, Mark. "Ma-Ke Bonsai Care Guide for Chaenomeles japonica". Ma-Ke Bonsai. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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