Malus floribunda Siebold ex Van Houtte

Japanese crabapple (en), Pommier du Japon (fr), Pommier très fleuri (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Malus

Characteristics

A deciduous tree. It grows 6-9 m tall. It is a broad spreading shape. The bark is purple-brown and flakes into thin plates with age. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10 cm long by 5 cm wide. They taper to a point and have sharp teeth. They are dark green and smooth above and hairy when young underneath. Sometimes the leaves have lobes. The flowers are pale pink. They are 2.5 cm across and deep red in bud. They occur in clusters. The fruit are rounded and yellow. They are 2 cm across. The fruit are on long slender stalks. They are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.5
Mature height (meter) 6.55 - 7.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.8
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 4-9. Burnie Rhodo Gardens.
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Not known in the wild.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Malus floribunda unspecified picture

Distribution

Malus floribunda world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:726371-1
WFO ID wfo-0001014158
COL ID 3XQVS
BDTFX ID 40746
INPN ID 107208
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Malus floribunda Malus pulcherrima