Crab apple (Malus 'Rudolph') - side of canopy - April 2019

Genus:

Malus are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn; some have good autumn foliage colour

Details:

'Rudolph' is an upright, deciduous tree to 7m in height with red-pink flowers in late spring. The ovate to elliptic, toothed, glossy leaves emerge after the flowers, initially copper-red turning dark-green in summer, then yellow in autumn. Elongated, edible, reddish-yellow fruit emerge in autumn

Other common names:

crab apple 'Rudolph'

Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Maleae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Malus

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