Japanese quince - Chaenomeles lagenaria

Japanese: ボケ(木瓜) - ボケ(英語表記)Chaenomeles lagenaria
Japanese quince - Chaenomeles lagenaria
A deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family. Native to China, it is cultivated in gardens for decorative purposes. The trunk is well-branched, dark brown, and has thorn-like twigs. The leaves are 4-8 cm long, egg-shaped, alternate, and have egg-shaped stipules at the base. In spring, several clusters of deep red five-petal flowers bloom. Depending on the cultivar, there are white flowers, pale pink flowers, and striped flowers. The fruit resembles a quince, but is small, fragrant, and ripens to a yellow color, but is hard, astringent, and sour, making it inedible. The same genus, Kusaboke (Japanese quince), grows wild in mountainous areas throughout Japan.

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Japanese:
バラ科の落葉低木。中国原産で観賞用として庭園に栽植される。幹はよく枝分れして濃褐色,とげのような小枝がある。葉は長さ4~8cmの卵状披針形で互生し,基部に卵形の托葉をつける。春,深紅の5弁花を数個集めて咲かせる。品種により白花のものや淡紅色,絞りなどもある。果実はカリンに似ているが小型で芳香があり黄色く熟するが,堅くて渋く酸味が強いので食用にはならない。同属のクサボケ (草木瓜)は日本各地の山地に自生する。

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