Apple
Malus domestica
Synonyms: Malus communis, Malus heterophylla, Malus malus, Malus frutescens, Malus linczevskii, Malus rambura, Malus sieversii var. schischkinii, Pyrus pollveria, Malus pumila var. niedzwetzkyana, Malus sieversii f. gilva, Malus domestica subsp. hybrida, Pyrus astracanica, Pyrus fontanesiana, Malus batavica, Malus kudrjaschevii, Malus sieversii var. hissarica, Pyrus malus, Pyrus malus var. hortensis, Pyrus malus pendula, Malus jarmolenkoi, Pyrus dioica, Malus communis var. mitis, Malus medwietzkyana, Malus communis var. tomentosa, Malus sylvestris var. dasyphylla, Malus domestica var. praecox, Malus sieversii f. laetevirida, Malus sylvestris var. niedzwetzkyana, Pyrus pumila var. domestica, Malus pumila f. translucens, Malus prasomila, Malus turbinoides, Pyrus malus conica, Pyrus saxatilis, Malus apetala, Malus domestica subsp. macrocarpa, Malus sieversii f. dragavzevii, Pyrus malus rosea, Pyrus malus var. minor, Pyrus malus f. translucens, Malus cylindracea, Malus pumila f. mitis, Malus domestica subsp. italotaurica, Malus sieversii f. schischkinii, Malus calvilla alba, Pyrus fontanesia, Malus sieversii f. flavorubens, Malus sieversii f. rubrolateralis, Malus sylvestris subsp. praecox, Malus communis subsp. mitis, Pyrus malus var. sativa, Pyrus malus var. prasomila, Pyrus malus var. tomentosa, Pyrus pumila, Malus anetica, Malus communis siccifolia, Malus kirghisorum, Pyrus chitralensis, Pyrus malus var. dasyphylla, Pyrus malus var. rubelliana, Malus domestica var. calvillea, Pyrus praecox, Malus paradisiaca var. tomentosa, Malus sieversii var. chitralensis, Malus praecox, Pyrus pulverulenta, Malus pumila var. subsessilis, Pyrus cavillea, Malus praecox var. paradisiaca, Malus violacea eyresii, Pyrus malus oblongus, Malus communis coccinea, Malus communis rosea, Malus sieversii f. poljakovii, Pyrus armeniacifolia, Pyrus malus regia, Pyrus malus subsp. hortensis, Malus sieversii var. dilatata, Malus prasomila augustiana, Malus sylvestris subsp. paradisiaca, Malus domestica subsp. intermedia, Malus paradisiaca, Malus hissarica var. heterogena, Malus sieversii f. flavorosea, Malus sieversii f. rubrifasciata, Malus sieversii var. longicarpa, Malus passipoma, Pyrus malus var. pendula, Pyrenia malus, Pyrus malus var. translucens, Malus viridis, Malus communis var. typica, Pyrus malus var. cestiana, Malus dasyphylla var. reneta, Malus communis joannis, Pyrus malus striatofasciata, Malus communis f. mitis, Malus pumila var. plena, Malus prasomila var. lutea-serotina, Pyrus malus var. astracanica, Malus dulcissima var. subsessilis, Malus sieversii f. xanthella, Pyrus malus subsp. mitis, Pyrus malus var. domestica, Malus sieversii f. niedzwetzkyana, Malus communis var. domestica, Malus domestica subsp. rossica, Malus communis subsp. pumila, Malus umbellata, Malus communis api, Pyrus malus var. ussuriensis, Malus sieversii f. reflexa, Malus rambura aestivalis, Malus passipoma alba, Malus sieversii var. spherocarpa, Malus sieversii f. flava, Malus sieversii f. purpureofasciata, Malus pumila var. paradisiaca, Malus sieversii f. linczevskii, Malus tatarica, Pyrus malus transitoria, Malus sieversii var. jarmolenkoi, Malus sylvestris subsp. pumila, Malus violacea, Malus communis vetan, Malus sieversii var. anisophylla, Pyrus sylvestris var. sativa, Malus communis loiseleurii, Pyrus prasomila, Malus domestica var. ponderosus, Malus prasomila var. lutea-praecox, Malus sieversii var. vvedenskyi, Malus sieversii var. kirghisorum, Pyrus malus var. apetala, Malus sieversii f. viridula, Pyrus malus var. rossica, Pyrus malus costata, Malus sieversii var. dulcis, Malus dioica, Malus anisophylla, Malus communis reneta, Pyrus malus var. mitis, Malus communis austera, Pyrus kirghisorum, Malus dasyphylla var. mitis, Malus pumila var. persicifolia, Malus paradisiaca pumila, Malus sieversii f. cerea, Malus calvilla, Malus pumila var. domestica, Malus persicifolia var. popovii, Malus sieversii f. insipida, Malus sieversii f. spherocarpa, Malus sieversii f. pomacea, Pyrus malus var. abortiva, Malus columbella, Malus communis var. paradisiaca, Pyrus malus var. eriostyla, Malus persicifolia, Pyrus malus plena, Malus sieversii f. kudrjaschevii, Malus communis fasciata, Malus domestica var. dasyphylla, Pyrus eryostyla, Pyrus niedzwetzkyana, Malus livida, Pyrus malus apetala, Malus pumila subsp. praecox, Pyrus malus pleniflora, Malus sieversii f. viridis, Malus communis subsp. dasyphylla, Pyrus malus var. niedzwetzkyana, Malus hissarica var. variegata, Malus sieversii var. pamiralaica, Pyrus malus var. sieversii, Malus dasyphylla var. domestica, Malus communis provincialis, Malus dasyphylla f. pendula, Malus pumila f. pendula, Malus domestica var. coccineus, Malus sieversii var. persicifolia, Malus fontanesiana, Pyrus malus var. amara, Malus pumila var. dasyphylla, Malus hissarica, Pyrus paris, Malus columbella alba, Pyrus epirotica, Pyrus malus var. epirotica, Malus sieversii var. hemisphaerica, Malus sylvestris subsp. sieversii, Malus sieversii subsp. kirghisorum, Pyrus malus plana, Malus communis subsp. paradisiaca, Malus juzepczukii, Malus domestica subsp. pumila, Pyrus apiosa, Malus tianschanica, Malus sieversii f. longicarpa, Malus communis gellida, Malus domestica var. paradisiaca, Malus dolichomorpha, Malus pumila f. plena, Malus sieversii f. media, Malus sieversii f. viridirubra, Pyrus malus var. aucubifolia, Malus schischkinii, Pyrus rubelliana, Malus sieversii f. anisophylla, Pyrus malus sargentii, Malus pumila, Malus communis depressa, Malus domestica subsp. occidentalieuropaea, Malus dasyphylla f. flore-plena, Pyrus malus subsp. praecox, Malus communis pumila, Pyrus malus var. wojejkowii, Malus upsalensis, Malus dasyphylla, Malus domestica var. roseus, Pyrus cestiana, Malus glabra, Malus sieversii f. ochrorubra, Malus pumila var. joannis, Malus calvilla rubra, Malus sieversii var. tianschanica, Malus communis var. nigra, Malus paradisiaca dasyphylla, Pyrus malus fruticosa, Pyrus malus subsp. paradisiaca, Malus domestica subsp. caucasica, Pyrus malus tomentosa, Malus anetica rubra, Malus communis var. sieversii, Malus pumila var. mitis, Malus sieversii f. viridifasciata, Malus sieversii var. juzepczukii, Malus domestica var. parmaenea, Malus astracanica, Malus sylvestris subsp. mitis, Malus sieversii var. caspiriensis, Pyrus malus var. cavillea, Malus communis sabulosa, Malus communis corallina, Malus santonum, Malus sieversii f. jarmolenkoi, Pyrus malus var. pumila, Malus domestica var. api, Pyrus songarica, Malus spumosa, Pyrus malus hortensis, Malus sylvestris var. praecox, Malus dasyphylla var. gellidus, Malus sieversii subsp. hissarica, Sorbus malus, Malus sieversii f. suffusa, Pyrus malus floribunda, Pyrus malus var. plena, Malus communis oblonga, Malus sylvestris var. paradisiaca, Pyrus sieversii, Pyrus divisa, Pyrus malus var. paradisiaca, Pyrus malus var. frutescens, Malus sylvestris var. frutescens, Malus sieversii f. viridicerea, Malus domestica var. renettea, Malus chitralensis, Malus pumila var. praecox, Pyrus malus frutescens, Malus pumila f. apetala, Malus communis var. sativa, Pyrus malus var. austera, Malus communis coronata, Malus hissarica var. mironovii, Malus sieversii f. pavlovii, Malus sieversii, Malus domestica subsp. medioasiatica, Malus dasyphylla f. dioeca, Pyrus malus subsp. pumila, Malus communis ponderosa, Malus sylvestris var. tomentosa, Malus sieversii var. niedzwetzkyana, Malus niedzwetzkyana, Malus sieversii var. kudrjaschevii, Malus sieversii var. linczevskii
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Botanical Description
Malus domestica, the cultivated apple, is a small deciduous tree of the family Rosaceae, usually 2 to 10 m tall depending on rootstock and training, with a spreading, often gnarled crown. The simple, oval, finely toothed leaves are dark green above and downy beneath. In spring it bears showy clusters of fragrant five-petalled flowers that are white flushed with pink. These develop into the familiar pome fruit, a fleshy structure formed largely from the swollen floral receptacle, ranging widely in size, colour and flavour among the thousands of cultivars. Derived chiefly from the Central Asian wild apple Malus sieversii with introgression from other species, the domestic apple is now cultivated throughout the temperate world as one of the most important fruit crops, grown in orchards and gardens on a great variety of soils.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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Chemistry & External Identifiers
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