Chaenomeles japonica
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Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese 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. The fruit is called 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 not as well known for its jelly and pie making as its cousin Cydonia. C. japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai
.
Chaenomeles
Chaenomeles is a genus of three species of deciduous spiny shrubs, usually 1–3 m tall, in the family Rosaceae. They are native to eastern Asia in Japan, China and Korea...
. It is a thorny deciduous
Deciduous
Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe...
shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species C. speciosa
Chaenomeles speciosa
Chaenomeles speciosa 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...
, growing to only about 1 m in height. The fruit is called 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 not as well known for its jelly and pie making as its cousin Cydonia. C. japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai
Bonsai
is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ...
.