Malus orientalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Malus |
Species: | M. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Malus orientalis | |
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Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species in the genus Malus found in Bulgaria, Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, and Iran. [2] With its relatively large yellow fruit, it has been consumed by people for millennia, with a string of halved, dried fruit being found in a royal tomb at Ur. Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness. M. orientalis contributed slightly to the gene pool of domesticated apples, a distant second to Malus sieversii. [3] [4]