Japanese Quince Tree

Many are the shape of an apple while others resemble a pear.

Japanese quince tree. This species is an old one and has been cultivated in asia for thousands of years. The genus name chaenomeles is the greek word for split apple a reference to the flower produced by these plants as well as the apple shaped fruit. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species c. These slightly edible fruits are not to be confused with the fruit most commonly known as quince from the cydonia oblonga.

The botanical name for japanese quince is chaenomeles japonica. The quince ˈ k w ɪ n s. The fruit on a flowering quince is edible but the fruit on a flowering or japanese quince is extremely tart. Quince is a very fragrant yellow fruit used to make jams and jellies.

Japanese chaenomeles isn t a tree it s a shrub that can be trained as a hedge or wall climber or left shrub shaped. Quinces are often confused with the shrub chaenomeles japanese quince the fruit of which is also edible. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red. Are fruits on flowering quince edible.

Cydonia oblonga is the sole member of the genus cydonia in the family rosaceae which also contains apples and pears among other fruits it is a deciduous tree that bears a pome fruit similar in appearance to a pear and is bright golden yellow when mature the raw fruit is a source of food. The tree has been grown by landscape architects for its attractive. Quinces are long lived ornamental medium sized flowering trees with pretty blossom in mid may and good autumn colour but they are mainly grown for their fruit. Don t be fooled by the quince in the name.

The species name japonica is the latin word for japanese. Quince trees have near relatives in ornamental shrubs that are known as flowering quince chaenomeles speciosa and japanese quince chaenomeles japonica. Like fruiting quince flowering and japanese quince produce fruits. We have planted a fair bit of japanese quince chaenomeles speciosa in our gardens over the years all of them grown successfully from seed.

Japanese flowering quince shrubs chaenomeles spp are a heritage ornamental plant with a brief but memorably dramatic floral display flowering quince plants light up the spring for a few weeks with a blaze of colorful blooms. The fruit is called kusa boke 草木瓜 kusa boke in japanese. Initially i was disappointed by the rock hard sour fruits that arrived in the fourth year after sowing but have always had an appreciation for the profuse beautiful reddish pink. Chaenomeles japonica known as either the japanese quince or maule s quince is a species of flowering quince it is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated.