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Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh., Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1278 1278 1803.;
. China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, ?Xinjiang), Uzbekistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Taiwan (I), Siberia (I), Poland (I), E-Europe (I), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Illinois (I), Massachusetts (I), Maine (I), Minnesota (I), New Hampshire (I), New York (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I)), Canada (I) (New Brunswick (I), Nova Scotia (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; .
pear-leaf and plum-leaf crabapple, Chinese apple and Chinese crabapple;
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Small tree with elliptic to ovate, up to 10 cm long acuminate serrate leaves, ciliate beneath; flowers 3-4 cm across, white with long glabrous sepals; fruit yellow or red, 2-2.5 cm long, long-persistent on tree
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Malus prunifolia, the plum-leaved crab apple, a small tree often grown in private houses, with plum like leaves and more than an inch long red fruits.
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Rosaceae Week: Malus prunifolia from California: Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh.
syn: Pyrus prunifolia Willd. Common names: Chinese apple, crab apple, plum-leaf apple
Small tree with elliptic to ovate, up to 10 cm long acuminate serrate leaves, ciliate beneath; flowers 3-4 cm across, white with long glabrous sepals; fruit yellow or red, 2-2.5 cm long, long-persistent on tree Photographed from California, commonly planted in private houses. . please identify the plant in the picture. It from the park where people used to walk, Warsaw. Most probably it is Pyrus sp. I taste the fruit which was extremely savour and deep purple red. It had very small seeds like an apple. The plant in No.22. mail was also standing near by. It was also savour but not that much and having apple’s flavour as well. And it’s seed were small. I hope Malus prunifolia . Rosaceae Fortnight: Malus prunifolia from California-GSSEP31/31 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh.
syn: Pyrus prunifolia Willd.
Common names: Chinese apple, crab apple, plum-leaf apple Small tree with elliptic to ovate, up to 10 cm long acuminate serrate leaves, ciliate beneath; flowers 3-4 cm across, white with long glabrous sepals; fruit yellow or red, 2-2.5 cm long, long-persistent on tree Photographed from California, commonly planted in private houses. .
Common name: Plumleaf crabapple
The species is distinguished by its serrate leaves, sepals swollen at base and 2-3 cm ovoid to oblong fruits, yellow to dark red.
Photographed from Rattray Marsh area, Mississauga, Canada, 23-8-2019. References:
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