Malus fusca (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.

A small tree. It is often shrubby and forms dense thickets. The leaves may or may not have lobes. The flowers are pink to white. They occur singly. They are in the axils of leaves near the ends of branches. The fruit are 12-20 mm long. They are red, or yellow with red patches.

Scattered in open canopy forests, streambanks, upper beaches, shoreline thickets, estuary fringes, swamps and open canyons; at elevations up to 1,420 metres, but mainly below 250 metres.

The fruit is eaten raw or made into jelly, pies, preserves and apple sauce. The residual pulp after jelly can be sieved and added to breads, cakes and cookies. It is also fermented into cider.

Plants can be grown by cuttings, root division or seeds.