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Ripe apples (M. domestica) Baskets of crab apples for sale in Connecticut in 1939. Crabapple fruit is not an important crop in most areas, being extremely sour due to malic acid (which like the genus derives from the Latin name mālum), and in some species woody, so is rarely eaten raw.
Malus sylvestris, the European crab apple, also known as the European wild apple or simply the crab apple, is a species of the genus Malus. Its scientific name means "forest apple", reflecting its habitat.
Malus baccata is an Asian species of apple known by the common names Siberian crab apple, [2] Siberian crab, [3] Manchurian crab apple and Chinese crab apple. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is native to many parts of Asia, but is also grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for rootstock .
Malus prunifolia is a species of crabapple tree known by the common names plumleaf crab apple, [4] plum-leaved apple, [5] pear-leaf crabapple, Chinese apple and Chinese crabapple. [6] It is native to China. The number of chromosoms is 2n = 34. [7]
The botanical name florentina and common name florentine refer to the municipality of Florence, Italy, which has a major history of botanical collection in their famous Renaissance gardens. The other common name hawthorn-leaf refers to its distinct toothed [2] leaf shape, which closely resembles that of a hawthorn and is unusual for a crabapple.
The trunk can have a diameter up to 25 centimeters (10 inches). The flowers are pink, with a pleasant scent. The fruits are up to 3 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, and have an aromatic scent and a pear-like shape. [4] [5]
Its fruit is the largest of any species of Malus except domestica, up to 7 cm in diameter, equal in size to many modern apple cultivars. Unlike domesticated varieties, its leaves go red in autumn: 62% of the trees in the wild do this compared to only 2.8% of the regular apple plant or the 2,170 English cultivated varieties.
The 'Evereste' crabapple flowers in spring, [5] producing a large number of flowers. [6] The flowers are 5 cm (2 in) in width. [4] When the flowers are buds the petals are red, but when the flowers open the petals are white with a pink tint. [4] [5] [6] The 'Evereste' fruit reaches up to 2.5 cm (1 in) in length.