WorldFloraDB - Malus sikkimensis

Characteristics

A small deciduous tree. It has a short trunk and rounded crown. The leaves and leaf stalks have woolly hairs. There are pointed teeth on the edge of the leaves. The flowers are white and have long stalks. The flowers are 2.5 cm across. The fruit are pear shaped.

Life form

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

7.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Temperate. In Sikkim it grows between 2,000-3,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

More

Open forests on slopes, mixed forests in valleys; at elevations from 2,500-3,000 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are stewed and eaten.

Uses	rootstock timber wood
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Antioxidants (unspecified)
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°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:889670-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001016396
COL ID	3XQY4
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Malus sikkimensis Pyrus sikkimensis Malus baccata subsp. sikkimensis Pyrus pashia var. sikkimensis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Malus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Koehne ex C.K.Schneid.

Species