Rosaceae
Chinese quince
Pseudocydonia sinensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Pseudocydonia
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- سفرجل صيني
- Armenian
- Խենոմելես չինական
- Azerbaijani
- Pseudocydonia
- Belarusian
- Хенамелес кітайскі
- Bulgarian
- Китайска дюля
- Chinese
- 光皮木瓜, 木瓜, 中华榅桲, 中華榅桲, 冥楂, 木李, 木瓜枝, 木瓜核
- Croatian
- Pseudocydonia
- Czech
- Kdoulovec čínský
- English
- Chinese quince, Chinese-quince, Suanmugua
- French
- Cognassier de Chine
- German
- Chinesische Quitte
- Hebrew
- חבוש סיני
- Japanese
- カリン, カラナシ, カリン（花梨）, キボケ, ワモッカ, 和木瓜, 榠樝, 花梨
- Korean
- 모과나무, 모과
- lzh
- 木瓜
- Malay
- Pseudocydonia
- mnc
- ᡶᡠᠯᠠᠨᠠ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ, ᠮᠣᠣ ᡥᡝᠩᡴᡝ
- Polish
- Pigwowiec chiński
- Portuguese
- Pseudocydonia
- Russian
- Айва китайская, Псевдосидония
- Spanish
- Pseudocydonia, Membrillo chino, Membrillo del Japon, Membrillo del Japón
- Thai
- บักกวย
- Ukrainian
- Айва китайська
- Vietnamese
- Mộc qua Trung Quốc
- wuu
- 木瓜
Synonyms
- Chaenomeles sinensis (Dum.Cours.) Koehne
- Cydonia chinensis Lindl.
- Cydonia sinensis (Dum.Cours.) Thouin
- Cydonia vulgaris Pavol.
- Malus communis var. sinensis (Dum.Cours.) Wenz.
- Malus sinensis Dum.Cours.
- Pyrus chinensis Spreng.
- Pyrus sinensis (Dum.Cours.) Poir.
- Pyrus sinensis (Thouin) Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jamie Griffiths, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tom Shiokawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.