Rosaceae
Flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Chaenomeles
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Common names
By language (19)
- Afrikaans
- Blomkweper
- Belarusian
- Хенамелес лагенарыя
- Chinese
- 皱皮木瓜, 皺皮木瓜, 木瓜, 木瓜枝, 木瓜核, 木瓜根, 木瓜皮, 木瓜花
- Czech
- Kdoulovec ozdobný
- dag
- Atuʒԑɣu
- English
- Flowering quince
- Estonian
- Sile ebaküdoonia
- Finnish
- Kiinanruusukvitteni
- hsb
- Chinska kwětula
- Hungarian
- Pompás japánbirs
- Japanese
- ボケ, カラボケ, ボケ（木瓜）, クサボケ
- Korean
- 산당화, 명자꽃, 명자나무
- mnc
- ᡶᡠᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ ᡶᡠᠯᠠᠨᠠ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Russian
- Айва прекрасная, Айвочка прекрасная, Хеномелес прекрасная, Хеномелес прекрасный, Японская айва
- Slovak
- Dulovec nádherný
- Spanish
- Membrillo de flor
- Swedish
- Stor rosenkvitten
- Thai
- โบเกะ
- Welsh
- Coeden gwins Tsieina
Synonyms
- Chaenomeles alba Carrière
- Chaenomeles alba unranked grandiflora Carrière
- Chaenomeles angustifolia Koidz.
- Chaenomeles angustifolia var. eburnea (Carrière) Nakai
- Chaenomeles cardinalis (CarriŠre) Nakai
- Chaenomeles cardinalis (Carrière) Nakai
- Chaenomeles cardinalis var. tortuosa Nakai
- Chaenomeles citripomma Carrière
- Chaenomeles eburnea (CarriŠre) Nakai
- Chaenomeles eburnea (Carrière) Nakai
- Chaenomeles eugenioides Koidz.
- Chaenomeles eugenioides var. alba (G.Lodd.) Nakai
- Chaenomeles eugenioides var. tortuosa Nakai
- Chaenomeles japonica var. cardinalis Carrière
- Chaenomeles japonica var. eburnea Carrière
- Chaenomeles japonica var. extuscoccinea Carrière
- Chaenomeles japonica var. genuina Maxim.
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. alba (G.Lodd.) H.Hara
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. eburnea (Carrière) H.Hara
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. extuscoccinea (Carrière) H.Hara
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. gaujardii (Lem.) H.Hara
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. papeleusii (Lem.) H.Hara
- Chaenomeles speciosa f. tortuosa (Nakai) H.Hara
- Cydonia citripomma (Carrière) Mottet
- Cydonia japonica var. gaujardii Lem.
- Cydonia japonica var. genuina (Maxim.) T.Itô
- Cydonia japonica var. papeleusii Lem.
- Cydonia speciosa Sweet
- Cydonia umbato M.Roem.
- Pyrus japonica var. alba G.Lodd.
- Pyrus speciosa (Sweet) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 222 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alexandra Luckyanchenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Sankey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Judi Sanders, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jrsweet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.