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Botanical details
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Chaenomeles
- Genus description
Chaenomeles are deciduous, usually spiny shrubs with simple leaves and cup-shaped, 5-petalled flowers, solitary or clustered, in spring, followed by edible often fragrant green or yellow fruits
- Name status
Correct
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