Gorgeous Catch Sir!!! Thanks for Sharing On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Chaenomeles* *japonica* (Thunb.) Lindley ex Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: > 159. 1834. > Syn: *Pyrus japonica* Thunb. > > Common names: Japanese quince, flowering quince > > Small shrub up to 1.5 m, branches slender, purplish when young; stipules > reniform, 8-11 mm long, leaves broadly ovate to obovate, 3-6 cm long, margin > crenate; flowers 3-5 in fascicles, 3-4 cm across, dark red; stamens > numerous; fruit a pome, subglobose, 3-4 cm across with caducous sepals. > > Commonly grown in gardens. Photographed from Botanical garden below > Cheshmashahi in Kashmir. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964