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Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince: Features to Compare

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Chinese quince and flowering quince are woody plants with similar common names, but their flowers, fruit and growth habits differ. Use botanical names to keep the comparison clear, especially when buying a young plant.

Features to compare

Papaya begonia is also known as fur papaya, and bells of the stalks are called wrinkled skin papaya. It can be seen that the shape of the two has a certain gap.The first picture below is Papaya Begonia, and the second one is a stalk of begonia.

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 1

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 2

The difference between trees and fruits

The tree of papaya begonia is large shrubs or trees, and the fruit is large, and the trees of the bells of the stalks are clustered deciduous shrubs and small shrubs. The fruit is small.See very clearly!

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 3

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 4

Leaf difference

The leaves of papaya begonia are relatively long, and the edges of the leaves are jagged and long thorns; the leaves of Begonia are round, and the edges of the leaves are also sawn tooth, but there is no thorns.

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 5

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 6

Difference between flowers

The flower of papaya begonia blooms early, which is the situation of first flowers and leaves. The stems of the bells of the stems are very short, and they are tightly attached to the branches. This is also the source of the name of the begonia.

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 7

Flowering Quince and Chinese Quince, image 8

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