Malus × domestica

(Suckow) Borkh. Species

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Botanical name: Malus × domestica
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Malus
Reference: World Flora Online

How to grow Malus × domestica

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Malus × domestica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Malus anetica Malus anetica unranked rubra Malus anisophylla Malus apetala Malus astracanica Malus batavica Malus calvilla Malus calvilla unranked alba Malus calvilla unranked rubra Malus chitralensis Malus columbella Malus columbella unranked alba Malus communis Malus communis f. mitis Malus communis subsp. dasyphylla Malus communis subsp. mitis Malus communis subsp. paradisiaca Malus communis subsp. pumila Malus communis var. api Malus communis var. austera Malus communis var. chinensis Malus communis var. coccinea Malus communis var. corallina Malus communis var. coronata Malus communis var. depressa Malus communis var. domestica Malus communis var. fasciata Malus communis var. gellida Malus communis var. joannis Malus communis var. loiseleurii Malus communis var. mitis Malus communis var. nigra Malus communis var. oblonga Malus communis var. paradisiaca Malus communis var. ponderosa Malus communis var. provincialis Malus communis var. pumila Malus communis var. reneta Malus communis var. rosea Malus communis var. sabulosa Malus communis var. sativa Malus communis var. siccifolia Malus communis var. tomentosa Malus communis var. tomentosa Malus communis var. typica Malus communis var. vetan Malus cylindracea Malus dasyphylla Malus dasyphylla f. dioeca Malus dasyphylla f. flore-plena Malus dasyphylla f. pendula Malus dasyphylla var. chinensis Malus dasyphylla var. domestica Malus dasyphylla var. domestica Malus dasyphylla var. gellidus Malus dasyphylla var. mitis Malus dasyphylla var. reneta Malus dioica Malus dolichomorpha Malus domestica subsp. caucasica and 140 more

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