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 : 298

Chaenomeles japonica ‘Anta’

‘Anta’— Tīcs 2000: 32 (mentions)

‘Cido Anta’— Tīcs 2000: 37 (description), new synonym

Description:

The plant is a small shrub, 1.2 m wide and up to 50 cm tall. Vegetatively propagated plants form a small little vital shrub. First-degree branches are firm, and they go at a 45-degree angle. There is more than average amount of secondary branches. Leaf blade is similar to ‘Ada’—with rounded leaf base, elongated and with broadly pointed at the tip. The edge of the leaf is bluntly serrated, at the top it is also double-serrated. Leaf base is rounded and wedge-shaped. Stipules are large, round, and kidney-shaped, bordered from notched to serrated. On biennial branches, leaves are in bouquets without stipules, the border of the leaf is similar to the leaves on the annual shoot. Fruit is round, ripens 1–2 weeks later than ‘Alfa’, medium-sized 50–70 g. Fruit dimensions: 47 × 47 mm.