| Malus spontanea | |
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| Close-up of flowers | |
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| Fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Malus |
| Species: | M. spontanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Malus spontanea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sinomalus spontanea (Makino) Rushforth | |
Malus spontanea, the nokaidō, is a species of crabapple in the family Rosaceae, found only in the Ebino-kōgen high plateau of the Kirishima volcanic complex of Kyushu, Japan.[2][1] It is closely related to Malus halliana, currently found in the wild in China, and considered possibly originally native to Japan.[2] Fewer than 300 individuals survive in the wild.[2]