View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Malus floribunda (Japanese crab apple)

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'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Angiosperms<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Eudicots<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Rosids<br />
'''Order:''' Rosales<br />
'''Family:''' Rosaceae<br />
'''Genus:''' Malus<br />
'''Species:''' M. floribunda<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Malus floribunda<br />
'''Common names:''' Japanese crab apple, Japanese flowering crabapple, purple choke berry or showy crabapple.

Malus floribunda originates from Japan and East Asia. It may be a wild species, or a hybrid of M. sieboldii x M. baccata. It forms a round-headed, small deciduous tree with narrow leaves on arching branches. <br />
The flowers are white or pale pink, opening from crimson buds. <br />
The fruit is red or yellow and about 1cm in diameter.

A planting of Japanese crabapple, Malus floribunda at  39 3' 39.1&quot; S  174 5' 43.6&quot;  E Datum WGS 84 just east of Spencer place entrance. Photographed Sept <br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0009/4593/Malus_floribunda__Japanese_crab_apple_-002.JPG]<br />


The flowers of the Japanese crab apple, Malus floribunda<br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0003/5524/Malus_floribunda_Japanese_crab_apple.JPG]    

[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0009/4598/Malus_floribunda__Japanese_crab_apple_-003.JPG]<br />


The red fruit of  Malus floribunda <br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0001/0469/Crabapple_with_spines_-2.JPG]

The yellow fruit of Malus floribunda [http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0001/0449/Japanese_crab_apple__Malus_floribunda.JPG]








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