Siberian Crabapple
Malus baccata · Rosaceae · 야광나무
Look
- Leaves
- Broad elliptic leaves up to 7.5 cm long with toothed margins; fall color is unremarkable and early leaf drop is common.
- Flowers
- Reddish-brown flower buds in early spring open in April to May as fragrant white five-petaled flowers about 3.8 cm across, in clusters of 4 to 6.
- Fruit
- Small red or yellow fruits about 1.6 cm across ripen in fall; they are edible and attract birds.
- Bark
- Purplish brown.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Native to mixed forests of Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia (Siberia) and China.
- Ecology
- Attracts birds and butterflies.