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Chaenomeles speciosa 木瓜 (Mugua, Flowering Quince)

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Mugua, belonging to the family Rosaceae, is a thorny deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub native to eastern Asia. As a traditional crude drug in TCM, Mugua is the dried nearly ripe fruit of (Sweet) Nakai, called flowering quince. C. speciosa is taller than another commonly cultivated species like C. , usually growing to about 2 m or more. The flowers are usually red, but may be white or pink, and the fruit is a fragrant but hard pome that resembles a quince.

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    Caifang Wang

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  1. Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China

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  2. Inst. of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhimin Wang

  3. Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Canada

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Wang, C. (2015). Chaenomeles speciosa 木瓜 (Mugua, Flowering Quince). In: Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. (eds) Dietary Chinese Herbs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_36

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