Family | Rosaceae |
Scientific name | Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai |
Synonyms | Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Koidzumi; Cydonia japonica (Thunberg) Persoon var. lagenaria (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Makino; Cydonia lagenaria Loiseleur-Deslongchamps |
Common name | (Japanese common name) boke |
(English common name) Chinese-quince, flowering-quince | |
Distribution | (Japan) garden plants |
(Other nations) [native] China, Myanmar | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=34 |
Description | Flowers red, pink or white, flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai |
Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai | |
Crude drug compositions for treating or preventing arthritic diseases and the preparation process (US Patent 7074435/2006) |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
cv. Hinokoromo | cv. Jitsugessei | cv. Chojuraku |
February 2007 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
February 2007 at a nursery |
February 2007 at a nursery |