Malus zumi
Read about Malus zumi in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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