Malus sylvestris
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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 hab
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Leaves are mostly glabrous on the underside.
Calyces are always glabrous.
Fruiting crabapple branch in Bulgaria
Apple
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An apple is the round, edible fruit of an apple tree. Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple, the most widely grown in the genus, are cultivated worldwide. The tree originated in Central Asia, w
Malus sylvestris
…between both populations seems to have occurred as they met. In the past M. sylvestris was thought to be the most important ancestor of the cultivated apple (M. domestica), which has since been shown to have been primarily derived from the central Asian species M. sieversii. As confirmed by DNA analyses…
Pink lady and cross section
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Apple blossoms
Botanical illustration