Rosaceae
Chinese crab apple
Malus hupehensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- تفاح صيني
- arz
- تفاح صينى
- Chinese
- 湖北海棠, Hu bei hai tang, 小石枣, 湖北海棠根, 秋子, 花红茶, 茶海棠, 野海棠
- Danish
- Kinesisk prydæble
- English
- Chinese crab apple, Hupeh crabapple, Tea crabapple, Flowering tea crabapple, Hupeh crab, Tea crab apple
- Finnish
- Hupeinomenapuu
- French
- Pommier du hou-pei
- German
- Tee-Apfel
- Russian
- Яблоня хубейская
- Swedish
- Teapel
Synonyms
- Malus domestica var. hupehensis (Pamp.) Likhonos
- Malus hupehensis f. rosea (Rehder) Rehder
- Malus hupehensis var. menshanensis G.Z.Qian & W.H.Shao
- Malus hupehensis var. pinyiensis N.G.Jiang
- Malus hupehensis var. shizongensis N.G.Jiang
- Malus hupehensis var. taiensis G.Z.Qian
- Malus hupehensis var. taishanensis N.G.Jiang
- Malus theifera Rehder
- Malus theifera f. rosea Rehder
- Malus theifera var. rosea Rehder
- Pyrus hupehensis Pamp.
- Pyrus theifera (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus theifera var. rosea (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Sinomalus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rushforth
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jimmy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JoJan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meg van Huygen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jebulon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kait hardee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abigail Dodd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.