Malus orientalis
| Malus orientalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Malus |
| Species: | M. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Malus orientalis Uglitzk.[1]
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Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Bulgaria, Turkey (including East Thrace), the Caucasus region, Iran, and Afghanistan.[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. Malus orientalis contributed to the gene pool of domesticated apples, along with M. sieversii and M. sylvestris.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Trudy Sev.-Kavk. Inst. Spets. Tekh. Kult. 1(3): 18 (1932)
- ^ a b "Malus orientalis Uglitzk". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2019FrPS...10..617S. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00617. PMC 6545323. PMID 31191563.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Li, Wei; Chu, Chong; Zhang, Taikui; Sun, Haochen; Wang, Shiyao; Liu, Zeyuan; Wang, Zijun; Li, Hui; Li, Yuqi; Zhang, Xingtan; Geng, Zhiqiang; Wang, Youqing; Li, Yi; Zhang, Hengtao; Fan, Weishu; Wang, Yi; Xu, Xuefeng; Cheng, Lailiang; Zhang, Dehui; Xiong, Yao; Li, Huixia; Zhou, Bowen; Guan, Qingmei; Deng, Cecilia H.; Han, Yongming; Ma, Hong; Han, Zhenhai (2025). "Pan-genome analysis reveals the evolution and diversity of Malus". Nature Genetics. 57 (5): 1274–1286. doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02166-6. PMID 40240877.