Malus sylvestris

Malus sylvestris is a species of Malus (crabapple), native to Europe from as far south as Spain, Italy and Greece to as far north as Scandinavia and Russia. Its scientific name means forest apple, and the truly wild tree has thorns.

In the past, M. sylvestris was thought to be an important ancestor of the cultivated apple (M. domestica), but these have now been shown to be primarily derived from the central Asian species M. sieversii. However, another recent DNA analysis showed that M. sylvestris has contributed to the ancestry of M. domestica.

The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects.

See also

List of Lepidoptera that feed on Malus

Translation

The phrase "Malus sylvestris" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Piedmontese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Abild, German: Holzapfel, French: Pommier sauvage, Friulian: Lopâr, Upper Sorbian: Dźiwja jabłučina, Hungarian: Vadalma, Dutch: Wilde appel, Polish: Jabłoń dzika, Slovenian: Divja jablana, Finnish: Metsäomenapuu, Swedish: Vildapel, Ukrainian: Яблуня лісова.