Details for: GMAL 3493, Malus sp.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Malus sp.
Origin:
Donated – Laos
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
25 Nov 1992
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Malus sp.
Origin:
Donated – Laos
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
25 Nov 1992
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
25 November 1992.
Laos

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Accession Names and Identifiers
GMAL 3493
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Comments: A few spp. of small trees of e. Asia; Ivs. simple, sometimes shallowly lobed; fls. before the lvs. or with them, white, in small umbels, calyx and pedicels tomentose, petals 5, clawed, stamens 30-50, ovary 5 celled. Occasionally planted as an ornamental in the warmer parts of the U.S.; the fruits sometimes used in other countries for cooking.
Malus spp.
Genus:
Malus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

300350
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Malus
Verified:
10/12/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malus frutescens Medik.

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Description:
Species may be Docynia indica. Decne. Rosaceae. The genus is allied to Malus and Pyrus and is more closely related to Cydonia, the quince, in having several to many seeds in each cell of the fr.