Apple
Malus domestica · Rosaceae · 사과나무
How to spot it
Both long shoots and short shoots develop, and the flowers grow on the short shoots (fruiting spurs).
Look
- Leaves
- Leaf size and shape vary widely, and the underside may or may not be hairy.
- Flowers
- Five-petaled white flowers tinged with pale pink open in clusters of 4 to 6. The central flower opens first.
- Fruit
- Large, round, firm fruit, often with a waxy coat. Color, taste and ripening time vary by cultivar.
- Bark
- Gray bark with raised lenticels.
Where it grows
- Native to
- From Central Asia to Afghanistan.
- Ecology
- Chilling requirements differ by cultivar, and most cultivars bear better when pollen from another cultivar or species with overlapping bloom is available.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 농촌진흥청 농사로 식물병해충검역정보
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency — The Biology of Malus domestica (Apple)
- World Agroforestry — Useful Trees and Shrubs for Ethiopia, Malus domestica
- 대구광역시 (2019), 제2차 대구광역시 도시림 등 조성·관리계획
- 케임브리지대학교 식물원 — Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree
- Kew Plants of the World Online — Malus pumila
- 영국 내셔널트러스트 울즈소프 매너 공식 페이지
- 영국 왕립학회(Royal Society) 블로그 'Newton’s apple tree' (2012-02-22)