Japanese wild apple

Japanese wild apple
Japanese wild apple ( Malus floribunda )
Systematics
Family : Rose family (Rosaceae) Subfamily : Spiraeoideae Tribe : Pyreae Sub tribus : Pome fruit family (Pyrinae) Genre : Apples ( malus ) Type : Japanese wild apple
Scientific name
Malus floribunda
Siebold ex Van Houtte

View of the fruit and cross sections

The Japanese crab apple ( Malus floribunda ), also coral tree called, is a species of the genus of the apples ( Malus ) in the family of the rose family (Rosaceae). The species comes from Japan , from where it was brought to Europe in 1862. It may be a hybrid .

description

The Japanese wild apple is a shrub-like, densely branched tree that reaches heights of 6 to 8 meters. Due to the overhanging branches, the crown is broadly arched. Annual shoots have dense hairs. The leaves are light green, 4 to 8 inches long, ovate to lanceolate and often lobed. The edge is sawn in the upper third. In autumn the leaves turn orange-red. The flowers arise from the deep red buds of the long shoots. They have a diameter of 3 centimeters and are pale pink. The fruits are yellow with red cheeks. Their stems are 4 inches long and thin. They hang on the tree for a long time.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.

Importance in fruit growing

The Japanese wild apple is resistant to apple scab , a common pest of the cultivated apple . Since the late 20th century, attempts have been made in Europe and North America to cross the wild apple with the cultivated apple in order to obtain scab-resistant varieties of the cultivated apple. The varieties that emerged are, for example, Florina , Ahrista , Retina , Ecolette , Pilot , Reglindis and Reanda . Today, topaz , rosana , rubinola , santana and otava are particularly common .

Remarks

1. ^ Rolf Soosten: Resistant apple varieties , Family Home and Garden Online, February 2005

supporting documents

• Herfried Kutzelnigg: Maloideae . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995. ISBN 3-8263-2533-8

Web links

Commons : Japanese Wild Apple  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brief description of the Art