Chaenomeles
Japanese Quince ( Chaenomeles japonica)
The ornamental quince ( Chaenomeles ) are a genus of flowering plants in the rose family ( Rosaceae ). They originate from the eastern Asia and their varieties are used as ornamental plants in parks and gardens.
Description
Japonica species are shrubs with achselbürtigen spines on the long drives. The leaves have cut edges, the stipules are great at long shoots to short shoots they remain very small.
The flowers are in clusters or as single achselbürtig flowers are hermaphroditic or staminat. The flower cup is bell-shaped, the un -blown upper part is provided with a nectar groove. The sepals are of unequal size and shape and are in the youth slightly imbricated, together with the upper part of the flower cup they fall off later. The petals are large, nailed and red in color. The flowers have between twenty and sixty stamens. The five carpels are fused completely, grown in the flower cups and form the inferior ovary, which is fünffächrig, each subject he has twenty ovules on. The style branches are at the base fused together, the scars thickened.
The fruits are apple fruits and have a thick, hard flesh, the endocarp is thin, of bony texture and forms a core. The numerous seeds are dark brown and have a hard outer shell.
The chromosome number is 2n = 34
Dissemination
The ornamental quince species are native to Japan, Myanmar and China. Occasionally, they run wild.
System
The genus Chaenomeles belongs to the tribe subtribe Pyrinae Pyreae in the subfamily Spiraeoideae within the family Rosaceae.
The genus Chaenomeles contains five types:
- Chaenomeles cathayensis ( Hemsl. ) CKSchneider: The fruits are pear-shaped and can grow up to 15 cm.
- Japanese Quince ( Chaenomeles japonica ( Thunb. ) Lindl. Ex Spach )
- Chaenomeles sinensis ( Thouin ) Koehne
- Chinese flowering quince ( Chaenomeles speciosa ( Sweet) Nakai, Syn: Cydonia japonica var lagenaria ( Loisel. ) Makino, Cydonia lagenaria Loisel, Cydonia speciosa Sweet, Chaenomeles lagenaria ( Loisel. ) Koidzum. ): She comes from western China. Grows stronger and can be kept higher than Chaenomeles japonica hedge as a.
- Chaenomeles thibetica T.T.Yu
Use
In Europe they are cultivated as ornamental shrubs since the end of the 18th century. There are various hybrid varieties that differ in flower color and growth. The shrub is considered air pollution and is best suited with a height of 80 to 120 cm as a hedge plant. There he can withstand strong section, so that it can be kept small as a hedge, but with natural growth steered it blooms better. The plant prefers rich, deep garden soil and is a valuable Blühstrauch ( flowering period April-May) popular. The best time to plant is in early October or the month of April. The fruits arising after the first autumn frosts a good tasting jelly.