Malus floribunda
{{Short description|Species of flowering crabapple tree}}
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Malus floribunda, common name Japanese flowering crabapple,{{cite web|url=http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Malus&f=d&gl=1&p=1|title=GardenWeb's HortiPlex Plant Database, search results for: Malus|access-date=September 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404011219/http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Malus&f=d&gl=1&p=1|archive-date=April 4, 2010}}{{GRIN | accessdate = December 20, 2017}} Japanese crab,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} purple chokeberry, or showy crabapple, originates from Japan and East Asia. It may be a hybrid of M. toringo with M. baccata, in which case it would be written as Malus × floribunda.{{cite web | url = https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:726291-1
| title = Malus × floribunda | publisher = Plants of the World Online | access-date = 30 April 2021}}
Description
Malus floribunda forms a round-headed, deciduous tree up to {{convert|12|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height, with narrow leaves on arching branches. The flowers, appearing in spring, are white or pale pink, opening from crimson buds. The red or yellow fruit is about 1 cm in diameter, ripening in autumn.
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|Malus Floribunda.jpg|Red fruits
|Malus floribunda "Golden Hornet" - geograph.org.uk - 983361.jpg|Yellow fruits
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Resistance
Tree has good disease resistance to apple scab and powdery mildew.{{Cite web |url=http://selectree.calpoly.edu/treedetail.lasso?rid=912 |title=Cal Poly |access-date=2014-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227183514/http://selectree.calpoly.edu/treedetail.lasso?rid=912 |archive-date=2014-12-27 |url-status=dead }}
The initiators of the PRI disease resistant apple breeding program have discovered that Malus floribunda has resistance to the apple scab and founded the program to introduce this VF gene into cultivated apples. Their work had been progressing with great success.{{Cite web |url=http://www.path.ethz.ch/docs/publications/2012/Gessler_2 |title=Vf scab resistance of Malus |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219042539/http://www.path.ethz.ch/docs/publications/2012/Gessler_2 |archive-date=2014-12-19 |url-status=dead }}
Awards
This crabapple species is considered one of the best crabapples for form and flower[http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st399 University of Florida] and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | title = RHS Plant Selector - Malus floribunda| url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/10771/Malus-x-floribunda/Details | access-date=24 May 2013}}
See also
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Category:Flora of temperate Asia
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