Chaenomeles japonica (Thunberg, 1780) Lindl. ex Spach, 1834

Stalažs, Arturs, Sviķe, Silga & Veckalne, Aiga, 2022, Chaenomeles japonica (Maleae, Amygdaloideae, Rosaceae): validation of six Alberts Tīcs’ cultivar names and two new synonyms for the species, Phytotaxa 545 (3), pp. 294-300 : 297

Chaenomeles japonica ‘Abava’

‘Abava’— Tīcs 2000: 6, 32 (mentions)

‘Cido Abava’— Tīcs 2000: 38 (description), new synonym

‘Abava’—Ikase 2015: 185 (mentions)

‘Abava’—Skrīvele 2020: 351 (mentions)

Description:

The plant forms a shrub, which is 1.3 m wide and 0.7 m tall. The primary branches are few, and they are 50 cm long. There are also few secondary branches, and they branch at a narrow-angle. The bush is not thickened, which makes it easier to harvest the fruit. Harvesting is also facilitated by the fact that the fruit is relatively large, above the average of all other cultivars (cultivars described here) size. The leaf blade is egg-shaped, narrow at base. The tip of the leaf is not pronounced—and is rounded. Leaf’s edge is shallowly serrated. The leaf base is rounded, wedge-shaped. Leaf edging notched. Stipules large kidney-shaped. Fruit is medium-sized and weighs 50–70 g. Fruits are barrel-shaped. The surface of the fruit is relatively smooth. Fruit dimensions: 56 × 46 mm. The skin of the ripe fruit is orange-yellow.