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Osteomeles
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Osteomeles

Osteomeles is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are shrubs native to eastern Asia, with compound leaves, opposite leaf arrangement, and small pome fruit. The fruits of all species in this genus are edible.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

ʻŪlei

speciesOsteomeles anthyllidifolia

Osteomeles schweriniae

speciesOsteomeles schweriniae

Osteomeles subrotunda

speciesOsteomeles subrotunda

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124447.