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Accepted name:: Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mộc qua	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 54 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 173 (1909), nom. superfl.
Cydonia japonica (Thunb.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 40 (1806).
Pyrus japonica Thunb. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 208 (1780).
Aronia japonica (Thunb.) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 179 (1869).
Chaenomeles alpina (Maxim.) Koehne Gatt. Pomac.: 28 (1890).
Chaenomeles cardinalis var. alba Nakai Jap. J. Bot. 4: 333 (1929).
Chaenomeles japonica f. alba (Nakai) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 76 (1953).
Chaenomeles japonica var. alpina Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 19: 168 (1873).
Chaenomeles japonica var. bugeautii Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles japonica var. fastigiata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles japonica var. gigantea Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles japonica var. macrocarpa Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles japonica var. maillardii Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles japonica var. mallardii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 44: 331 (1872).
Chaenomeles japonica var. maulei (Mast.) Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877).
Chaenomeles japonica var. pygmaea Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 19: 168 (1873).
Chaenomeles japonica f. tortuosa (Nakai) Okuyama J. Jap. Bot. 30: 44 (1955).
Chaenomeles japonica var. tricolor Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 401 (1927).
Chaenomeles japonica f. tricolor (Parsons & Sons) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 277 (1949).
Chaenomeles japonica var. umbilicata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 110 (1877), nom. nud.
Chaenomeles maulei (Mast.) Lavallée ex Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 182 (1903).
Chaenomeles maulei var. alba Nakai Jap. J. Bot. 4: 329 (1929).
Chaenomeles maulei var. alpina C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 731 (1906).
Chaenomeles maulei var. sargentii Mottet Rev. Hort. (Paris) 83: 204 (1911).
Chaenomeles maulei var. tortuosa Nakai Jap. J. Bot. 4: 329 (1929).
Chaenomeles maulei var. tricolor Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 728 (1914).
Chaenomeles maulei var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 731 (1906), not validly publ.
Chaenomeles trichogyna Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 23 (1916).
Cydonia japonica var. alba Lodd. in unknown publication.
Cydonia japonica var. atrosanguineaplena Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. candida Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. cardinalis Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. grandiflora Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. lagenaria Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 64 (1908), not validly publ.
Cydonia japonica mallardii Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 29 (1868).
Cydonia japonica var. roseaplena Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. rubragrandiflora Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. sanguineaplena Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica tricolor Parsons Descr. Cat.: 39 (1889).
Cydonia japonica var. typica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 63 (1908), not validly publ.
Cydonia japonica var. umbilicata Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia japonica var. wilsonii E.Beckett Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 66: 22 (1919).
Cydonia lagenaria Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 6: 255 (1815), nom. superfl.
Cydonia maulei (Mast.) T.Moore Florist & Pomol. 1875: 49 (1875).
Cydonia maulei var. alpina (Maxim.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia maulei var. tricolor Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 427 (1900).
Cydonia sargentii Lemoine ex K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 27: 508 (1899 publ. 1901), nom. illeg.
Cydonia sargentii Lemoine Nursery Cat. (Lemoine) 144: 25 (1900).
Pseudochaenomeles maulei (Mast.) Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 54: 238 (1882).
Pyrus japonica alpina (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 139 (1873).
Pyrus japonica var. typica Koidz. J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 34(2): 256 (1913), not validly publ.
Pyrus japonica wilsonii Anon. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 41(2): cxxxii (1915).
Pyrus maulei Mast. Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 756 (1874).
Pyrus sargentii (Lemoine) S.Arn. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 32: 192 (1902).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Ex Spach	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunberg) Lindley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Chaenomeles lagenaria	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Chaenomeles lagenaria (Lois.) Koidz	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidz.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidzumi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cydonia japonica (Thunberg) Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrus japonica Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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