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Malus mandshurica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Malus
Species:	M. mandshurica
Binomial name
Malus mandshurica (Maxim.) Kom.

Malus mandshurica, the Manchurian crab apple, is a species of Malus found in China, far eastern Russia, North Korea, and Japan. Some authorities consider it to be a variety of the Siberian crab apple, Malus baccata. It is used as a rootstock for cultivated apples in China.

References

1. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 25: 146 (1925)
2. Hanelt, Peter. Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. pp. 474–475. ISBN 978-3540410171.

v t e "Crabapple" or "Wild apple" (of the genus Malus)
Species, varieties and cultivars	Malus angustifolia (Southern) Malus asiatica (Chinese pearleaf) Malus baccata (Siberian) Malus bracteata Malus brevipes Malus coronaria (Sweet) Malus crescimannoi Malus doumeri Malus 'Evereste' Malus florentina Malus floribunda (Japanese) Malus fusca (Oregon/Pacific) Malus glabrata Malus glaucescens Malus halliana Malus honanensis Malus hupehensis (Tea) Malus ioensis (Prairie) Malus kansuensis Malus lancifolia Malus mandshurica (Manchurian) Malus niedzwetskyana Malus orientalis (Caucasian) Malus prattii Malus prunifolia Malus rockii Malus sargentii Malus sieboldii Malus sieversii (Asian wild/Almaty) Malus sikkimensis Malus spectabilis Malus sublobata Malus sylvestris (European wild) Malus toringoides Malus transitoria Malus trilobata Malus tschonoskii Malus yunnanensis
Topics	Apple Applecrab Malling series
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