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Maule's quince

Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Chaenomeles

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Maule's quince (Chaenomeles japonica)
FlowerPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (34)
Arabic
سفرجل ياباني
Armenian
Խենոմելես ճապոնական
azb
ژاپون خنوملهسی
Azerbaijani
Yapon xenomelesi
Basque
Irasagar japoniarra
Belarusian
Айва японская
Bulgarian
Японска дюля
Chinese
日本木瓜, 倭海棠, 和圆子, 和木瓜, 日本海棠, 樝子, 櫨子, 貼梗海棠
Croatian
Japanska dunja
Czech
Kdoulovec japonský
Danish
Lille Japankvæde
Dutch
Japanse sierkwee
English
Maule's quince, Japanese flowering-quince, Japanese quince
Estonian
Jaapani ebaküdoonia, Madal ebaküdoonia, Näsaline ebaküdoonia
Finnish
Japaninruusukvitteni
French
Cognassier du Japon
German
Japanische Zierquitte, Japanische Quitte, Nordische Zitrone
hsb
Japanska kwětula
Hungarian
Valódi japánbirs
Japanese
クサボケ, クサボケ（草木瓜）
Lithuanian
Japoninis svarainis
Norwegian Nynorsk
Eldkvede, Ildkvede, Småeldkvede, Småildkvede
Persian
به ژاپنی پاکوتاه
Polish
Pigwowiec japoński
Romanian
Gutui japonez
Russian
Айва японская, Хеномелес японская, Японская айва
Serbian
Japanska dunja
Slovak
Dulovec japonský
Slovenian
Japonska kutina
Spanish
Membrillo japones, Membrillo japonés
Swedish
Liten rosenkvitten
Ukrainian
Японська айва звичайна, Хеномелес японська
Uzbek
Behigul
Welsh
Coeden gwins Japan

Synonyms

  • Aronia japonica (Thunb.) K.Koch
  • Chaenomeles alpina (Maxim.) Koehne
  • Chaenomeles cardinalis var. alba Nakai
  • Chaenomeles japonica f. alba (Nakai) Ohwi
  • Chaenomeles japonica f. tortuosa (Nakai) Okuyama
  • Chaenomeles japonica f. tricolor (Parsons & Sons) Rehder
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. alpina Maxim.
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. bugeautii Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. fastigiata Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. gigantea Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. macrocarpa Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. maillardii Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. mallardii Carrière
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. maulei (Mast.) Lavall‚e
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. maulei (Mast.) Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. pygmaea Maxim.
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. tricolor Rehder
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. umbilicata Lavallée
  • Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidz.
  • Chaenomeles maulei (Mast.) Lavall‚e ex Zabel
  • Chaenomeles maulei (Mast.) Lavallée ex Zabel
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. alba Nakai
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. alpina C.K.Schneid.
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. sargentii Mottet
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. tortuosa Nakai
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. tricolor Rehder
  • Chaenomeles maulei var. typica C.K.Schneid.
  • Chaenomeles trichogyna Nakai
  • Choenomeles japonica Lindl.
  • Choenomeles maulei C.K.Schneid.
  • Cydonia japonica (Thunb.) Pers.
  • Cydonia japonica unranked mallardii Jacob-Makoy
  • Cydonia japonica unranked tricolor Parsons
  • Cydonia japonica var. alba Lodd.
  • Cydonia japonica var. atrosanguineaplena Rehder
  • Cydonia japonica var. candida Rehder
  • Cydonia japonica var. cardinalis Rehder
  • Cydonia japonica var. grandiflora Rehder
  • Cydonia japonica var. lagenaria Makino
  • Cydonia japonica var. roseaplena Rehder

and 20 more.

Flowers

In flower
March to May (from 79 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
orange (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.