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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Malus kansuensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pyrus kansuensis, Batal. (Malus kansuensis, Schneid. Eriolobus kansuensis, Schneid.). A distinct species, marked by the usually broad-ovate 3-5-lobed and sharp-serrate glabrous or glabrescent lvs. which are 3- nerved at base, and by the ovoid red fr. from which the calyx is deciduous: young twigs glabrous, red- brown; buds of the same elongate, acute; scales only finely ciliate: lvs. dark green above, somewhat glandular on the nerves, somewhat paler beneath, glabrous or slightly hairy on the nerves, subrotund in outline, upper half palmately 3-lobed, lobes triangular, acute, margin serrate, the side lobes somewhat shorter; petiole 1 1/2 in. or less long: infl. a false umbel; calyx acute, equaling the corolla; petals round, short-clawed, more or less hairy inside; stamens 20; styles 3, hairy and grown together at base: fr. purple, 3-celled, about 1/2in long. China. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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