Malus orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Malus
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Malus orientalis
Uglitzk.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Malus montana Uglitzk.
    • Malus orientalis var. montana (Uglitzk.) Langenf.
    • Malus orientalis subsp. montana (Uglitzk.) Likhonos
    • Malus orientalis var. subalpina Ponomar.
    • Pyrus paradisii M.F.Fay & Christenh.
    • Pyrus sapientiae M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species in the genus Malus found in Bulgaria, Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, and Iran.[2] With its relatively large yellow fruit, it has been consumed by people for millennia, with a string of halved, dried fruit being found in a royal tomb at Ur. Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness. M. orientalis contributed slightly to the gene pool of domesticated apples, a distant second to Malus sieversii.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Trudy Sev.-Kavk. Inst. Spets. Tekh. Kult. 1(3): 18 (1932)
  2. ^ a b "Malus orientalis K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ Spengler, Robert Nicholas (2019). "Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees". Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: 617. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00617. PMC 6545323. PMID 31191563.
  4. ^ Cornille, Amandine; Giraud, Tatiana; Smulders, Marinus J.M.; Roldán-Ruiz, Isabel; Gladieux, Pierre (2014). "The domestication and evolutionary ecology of apples". Trends in Genetics. 30 (2): 57–65. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2013.10.002. PMID 24290193.
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