Basisdaten
description:
This crab aoole comes from China, but all over the world it is a popular garden tree, due to the plentiful flowering.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Malus baccata
other name:
Siberian Crab
other name:
Manchurian crab apple
other name:
Chinese crab apple
family:
rose family (Rosaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 7 m (30 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are ovate to oblong, dark green, firm and the leaf margin is serrate. The leaf arrangement is alternate.
leaf shape:
ovoid
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
April - May
blossom color:
white
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
Apple: The fruit is about 1 cm (0.4 in) in size, almost circular and the color is yellow and red.
bark:
The bark is brown and cracked.
root:
heart-rooting - shallow-rooting
location:
sun
soil:
permeable soils
ph value:
acid - alkaline
usage:
Garden tree, park tree