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Chaenomeles japonica


 

Chaenomeles japonica
Japanese flowering quince

Slender spiny stems are reddish brown turning gray-brown and glabrous. The thorns on the stems are 1/4 to 1/2" long and diverge from the stems at 80 to 90 degrees. The angle of thorn divergence is wider than that on Chaenomeles speciosa.

 
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