Cherry apple
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Cherry apple ( Malus baccata ) |
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The cherry apple ( Malus baccata ), also known as Beer apple referred to, is a deciduous tree -type from the genus of apples ( Malus ) in the family of Rosaceae (Rosaceae).
description
The cherry apple M. baccata var. Baccata is a low tree with a domed and overhanging treetop or a large shrub . The leaf buds are cone-shaped. The lanceolate leaves are 3 to 8 cm long and 2 to 3.5 cm wide. The leaf stalks are thin and 2 to 6 cm long. The broad flowers have narrow, widely divided petals . The fruit is quite spherical and about 1 cm thick; she is yellow with red cheeks. The fruits usually stay on the tree until spring.
The variety M. baccata var. Mandschurica is clearly grew joyful and can reach a tree a height of about 15 m and up to 2 meters in circumference. The treetop is broad and densely branched. The leaves are broader elliptical and initially hairy on the underside. Leaf and flower stalks are also hairy. The flowering time is the earliest of all Malus species; the flowers are pure white and 4 cm wide. The ellipsoidal fruits quickly turn bright red; they have a diameter of over 1 cm.
The chromosome number is 2n = 34. Marssonina leaf fall disease is an infectious disease of the cherry apple.
distribution
The natural distribution area of the cherry apple Malus baccata var. Baccata is in eastern Siberia and northern China ; this variety is apparently only known in culture. It is extremely rare in Germany ; however, specimens of Malus × robusta are often in culture under the false name Malus baccata .
The variety Malus baccata var. Mandshurica (Maxim.) CKSchneid. is native to central Japan , Amur , central China , Korea, and Sakhalin . In Germany it is only very rarely found in collections and botanical gardens.
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- Alan Mitchell, translated and edited by Gerd Krüssmann: The forest and park trees of Europe: An identification book for dendrologists and nature lovers . Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-490-05918-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malus baccata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
