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Rosaceae

Asiatic apple

Malus spectabilis (Sol.) Borkh.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Malus

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Asiatic apple: Malus_spectabilis (riversii) tree at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City . Copyright 2007 Jeffrey O. Gustafson , released to Commons under the GFDL and
Photo: Jeffrey O. Gustafson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Asiatic apple

Synonyms

  • Malus microcarpa var. spectabilis (Sol.) CarriŠre

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.