Rosaceae
Cutleaf crab apple
Malus toringoides
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 变叶海棠, 變葉海棠, 大白石枣
- English
- Cutleaf crab apple
- Latvian
- Toringoveida ābele
- Russian
- Яблоня торинговидная
- Ukrainian
- Яблуня торинговидна
Synonyms
- Malus bhutanica (W.W.Sm.) J.B.Phipps
- Malus transitoria var. toringoides Rehder
- Pyrus bhutanica W.W.Sm.
- Pyrus toringoides (Rehder) Osborn
- Pyrus toringoides (Rehder) Koidz.
- Pyrus transitoria var. toringoides (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Sinomalus bhutanica (W.W.Sm.) Rushforth
- Sinomalus toringoides (Rehder) Koidz.
- Sorbus bhutanica (W.W.Sm.) N.P.Balakr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Dick Bos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cutleaf crab apple: 變葉海棠 Malus toringoides [比利時國家植物園 Belgium National Botanic Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/%E8%AE%8A%E8%91%89%E6%B5%B7%E6%A3%A0_Malus_toringoides_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289240257268%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%AE%8A%E8%91%89%E6%B5%B7%E6%A3%A0_Malus_toringoides_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289240257268%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.