Hoa Quince




abandoned web
captures one more-
flowering quince

Kate Steere no Haiku

Hoa Quince có tên Nhật là hoa Boke,tên Việt Nam là Mộc Qua (dịch âm Hán của chữ Boke )
hay hoa Bích Đào (vì sắc hồng ) hay Đào Mai (vì có hình dáng vừ giống hoa đào vừa giống hoa mai 5 cánh )



Một nụ Đào cho nhau
trời đầu xuân cơn giá
về nhắc chuyện xưa sau
ơi bước thầm nghiệt ngã

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Japanese name: BOKE

Latin name: Chaenomeles speciosa, Chaenomeles japonica

Blooming season: March-May Height: 1-2m

Plant type: deciduous tree, terrestrial




It is said that Chaemomeles speciosa was brought from China or
Korea in the Heian Period (794-1191). This tree was brought as
medicine since its berries are utilized as Chinese medicine. Its
Japanese name is BOKE. BOKE was originally a Chinese word
that means "tree melon" since it has melon like berries.
Chaemomeles japonica is indigenous to Japan and it is called
KUSABOKE (= plant type BOKE) since it is a small tree (heiht: 30-
40cm) like a plant. In the Edo Period (1603-1867), people came to
appreciate BOKE as a garden tree or a Bonsai tree and breeders
created many cultivars. They also used KUSABOKE for
hybridizing BOKE cultivars, so Japanese quince cultivars are
hybrids between the species at the present day



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Last night in the light rain as rough winds blew,
My drunken sleep left me no merrier.
I question one that raised the curtain, who
Replies: 'The wild quince trees - are as they were.
But no, but no!
Their rose is waning and their green leaves grow.

Li Ch'ing Chao, a Chinese poet from the 11th century



a quince blossom
on the inside of the roof
open your window

Geert Verbeke

quince


shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a spineless tree with edible fruits cultivated from ancient times in Asia and in the Mediterranean area, where it was early naturalized. Its pome fruit is similar to that of the related apple and pear but is very astringent, and hence it is used chiefly cooked in preserves; marmalade is said to have first been made from quince. As a commercial fruit tree, the quince is cultivated more widely in the temperate zone of Europe than in the United States, where it is grown chiefly in California and New York. It is often used as a rootstock for dwarf fruit trees, especially the pear. The flowering quinces (genus Chaenomeles) are cultivated as ornamental shrubs for their profuse, usually thorny branches and attractive scarlet, pink, or white flowers. The fruit is too small and hard to be of commercial value but is sometimes used locally. Best known of this genus is C. lagenaria, the Japanese quince, or japonica. Some other Asian shrubs (e.g., a camellia) are also called japonica. Quince is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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Ai đó ôm sầu riêng
vào Xuân tâm vô lượng
qua rồi cơn đông miên
nụ Quince nở rộ

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