Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris
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Tree up to 8-12 m, unarmed or spinescent when young; twigs slightly tomentose. Leaves elliptic to obovate or suborbicular, 3-8 x 2-4 cm, crenate or serrate, pilose when young, especially so above, on maturity glabrous or slightly tomentose above, tomentose or occasionally glabrescent beneath; petioles tomentose. Flowers 3-4 cm diam., in 4-6-flowered corymbs; calyx densely tomentose-pilose. Pome subglobose, 2-3 cm diam. , green, greenish-yellow or reddish; pedicels 1-2,5 cm or more. Fl. 4-5.
1. Pome 2-3 cm diam.; leaf base cuneate to decurrent subsp. orientalis
2. Leaves over 4 x 2 cm var. orientalis
2. Leaves up to 4,5 x 1,2 cm var. microphylla
1. Pome 5-15 cm diam.; leaf base rounded subsp. mitis
