Malus zumi

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Malus zumi in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pyrus zumi, Mats. (Malus Zumi, Rehd.). Low and much-branched tree, to 20 ft., with rounded head and twiggy growth, sometimes 40 ft. tall and with more ascending branches: lvs. long-petioled, oblong to ovate- oblong or elliptic-oblong, 1 1/2-3 in. long, acute at apex, rounded or narrowed at base, entire or somewhat cre-nate-serrate, yellowish green above and light green beneath, soon glabrous, those on the ends of vigorous branches lanceolate and usually coarsely dentate: fls. white or slightly pinkish, borne in profusion, about 1 in. across, on loosely villous or glabrous pedicels about 1 in. long; calyx-lobes lanceolate, villous inside and less so outside; petals elliptic, obtuse, rounded at base but short-clawed, opening pink but becoming pure white; stamens about 25; styles 4 or 5, connate for one-third their length, densely villous: fr. 1/2in. or less diam., globose, red, the calyx deciduous. Mountains of Cent Japan. S.T.S. 1:91.—Differs from both P. Sargentii and P. Sieboldii in the oblong lvs. which are not at all or only slightly lobed, and slender petioles; from P. Sargentii also in longer petals rounded at base, glabrous lvs., longer petioles, and erect branches; from P. Sieboldii also in differences in foliage, larger fls., larger broader petals rounded at base. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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