Malus chitralensis
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Credits
Julian Sutton (species), Nick Dunn (cultivars) (2021)
Recommended citation
Sutton, J. & Dunn, N. (2021), 'Malus chitralensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Malus sieversii var. chitralensis (Vassilczenko) Ponomar.
Other taxa in genus
- Malus × adstringens
- Malus angustifolia
- Malus × arnoldiana
- Malus asiatica
- Malus × astracanica
- Malus × atrosanguinea
- Malus baccata
- Malus bhutanica
- Malus × brevipes
- Malus coronaria
- Malus crescimannoi
- Malus Cultivars A-B
- Malus Cultivars C
- Malus Cultivars D-F
- Malus Cultivars G-I
- Malus Cultivars J-K
- Malus Cultivars L-M
- Malus Cultivars N-Q
- Malus Cultivars R
- Malus Cultivars S
- Malus Cultivars T-Z
- Malus dasyphylla
- Malus × dawsoniana
- Malus domestica
- Malus doumeri
- Malus florentina
- Malus × floribunda
- Malus fusca
- Malus × gloriosa
- Malus halliana
- Malus × hartwigii
- Malus × heterophylla
- Malus honanensis
- Malus hupehensis
- Malus ioensis
- Malus kansuensis
- Malus kirghisorum
- Malus komarovii
- Malus × magdeburgensis
- Malus × micromalus
- Malus × moerlandsii
- Malus montana
- Malus ombrophila
- Malus orientalis
- Malus × platycarpa
- Malus praecox
- Malus prattii
- Malus prunifolia
- Malus × purpurea
- Malus × robusta
- Malus rockii
- Malus Rootstock Cultivars
- Malus Rosybloom Cultivars
- Malus × scheideckeri
- Malus sieversii
- Malus sikkimensis
- Malus × soulardii
- Malus spectabilis
- Malus spontanea
- Malus × sublobata
- Malus sylvestris
- Malus toringo
- Malus transitoria
- Malus trilobata
- Malus tschonoskii
- Malus turkmenorum
- Malus vernalis
- Malus yunnanensis
- Malus × zumi
Conservation status Data deficient (DD)
Included in up to date checklists of accepted Malus species (Juniper & Mabberley 2019; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2020) perhaps only by default, this little known apple belongs among the larger-fruited wild trees allied to M. domestica (Juniper & Mabberley 2019). Described from northern Pakistan, near the borders of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, it might either be a locally naturalized form of M. domestica or a close ally of M. sieversii which predates domestication. The type specimen (Bowes Lyon 679, Natural History Museum, London) shows a plant with tomentose leaf underside, pedicel, hypanthium and calyx at flowering time, the calyx impressively hairy (pers. obs.). The collector emphasized that it was collected in an area with no evidence of present or past cultivation. We have been unable to trace cultivated material in our area.