WorldFloraDB - Malus x robusta

Characteristics

A large shrub. It has a cone shaped crown. The leaves are bright green and 10 cm long. They are scalloped at the edges. The flowers are white to pink. The flowers occur in clusters of 3 to 8. The fruit are yellow to red. They vary in size and shape. They are on long stems.

Life form

Growth form

tree

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

10.0

Mature height (meter)

12.0

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

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.

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

Usage

The fruit are eaten.

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:726384-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001006225
COL ID	-
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Malus x robusta

WorldFloraDB 2024

Malus x robusta Rehder

Siberian crab apple (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Malus