Chinese Quince
Chaenomeles cathayensis
Rose family (Rosaceae)
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The flowers are pollinated by Bees.
Fruit - very harsh raw but fragrant when cooked. It makes an excellent jelly and a very good jam, it is especially good cooked with apples in apple pies. The fruit is very large and can be 15 cm long and 9 cm wide.
The fruit is used in the treatment of rheumatic pain, convulsions of the calf muscles, vomiting, dyspepsia and diarrhoea.
De zuren in de vrucht worden gebruikt om verfstoffen goed te laten hechten op wol of geweven stoffen.
Details
| Description: | Shrub, up to 3 m. |
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| Distributions: | China |
| Habitat: | Scrub and hedges. slopes, forest margins and roadsides at elevations of 900 - 2500 metres. |
| Year cycle: | Perennial (polycarpic decidous) |
| Hardiness: | -4 - 5 f (hardy - very cold winter) |
| Flowering period: | Maart - mei |
| Flower color: | White, pink |
| Notes on flowers: | Pink-flushed white flowers. |
| Fruiting period: | September - oktober |
| Fruit color: | Green, yellow |
| At its best: | Maart - mei, september - oktober |