Chinese Quince
Pseudocydonia sinensis (Dum.Cours.) C.K.Schneid.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 4.6 m
- wide
- 3.0 m
Rosaceae
Also called Chinese-quince
Formerly Chaenomeles sinensis, Cydonia chinensis, Cydonia sinensis, Malus sinensis, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 4.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Chinese
- 木瓜
- French
- Cognassier de Chine
- Japanese
- カラナシ, カリン（花梨）, キボケ
- Korean
- 모과나무
- Simplified Chinese
- 木瓜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Pseudocydonia sinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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