Pan India Bouquets

Malus pumila Mill.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Malus anisophylla Sumnev.; Malus apetala Poit. & Turpin; Malus astracanica Dum.Cours.; Malus batavica Poit. & Turpin; Malus communis Desf.; Malus dasyphylla Borkh.; Malus dioica (Moench) Medik.; Malus dolichomorpha Juz.; Malus domestica var. calvillea Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. caucasica Likhonos; Malus domestica var. dasyphylla (Borkh.) Langenf.; Malus domestica subsp. hybrida Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. intermedia Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. italotaurica Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. macrocarpa Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. medioasiatica Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. occidentalieuropaea Likhonos; Malus domestica var. parmaenea Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. pumila (Mill.) Likhonos; Malus domestica var. renettea Likhonos; Malus domestica subsp. rossica Likhonos; Malus frutescens Medik.; Malus kirghisorum Al.Fed. & Fed.; Malus kudrjaschevii Sumnev.; Malus linczevskii Poljakov; Malus malus (L.) Voss; Malus niedzwetzkyana Dieck; Malus paradisiaca (L.) Medik.; Malus persicifolia (Popov) Sumnev.; Malus praecox Borkh.; Malus pumila Mill.; Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M.Roem.; Malus sieversii var. anisophylla (Sumnev.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii var. caspiriensis (Langenf.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. cerea Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. chitralensis (Vassilcz.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. flava Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. flavorosea Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. flavorubens Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. gilva Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii subsp. hissarica (Kudr.) Likhonos; Malus sieversii var. hissarica (Kudr.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. insipida Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. jarmolenkoi (Poljakov) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii var. juzepczukii (Vassilcz.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii subsp. kirghisorum (Al.Fed. & Fed.) Likhonos ex Korovina; Malus sieversii var. kirghisorum (Al.Fed. & Fed.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii var. kudrjaschevii (Sumnev.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. laetevirida Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. linczevskii (Poljakov) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. media Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. niedzwetzkyana (Dieck) Langenf.; Malus sieversii f. ochrorubra Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. persicifolia (Popov) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. pomacea Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. purpureofasciata Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. rubrifasciata Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. rubrolateralis Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. schischkinii (Poljakov) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii f. suffusa Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii var. tianschanica (Sumnev.) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii var. turkmenorum (Juz. & Popov) Ponomar.; Malus sieversii subsp. turkmenorum (Juz. & Popov) Likhonos; Malus sieversii f. viridicerea Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. viridifasciata Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. viridirubra Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. viridis Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. viridula Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sieversii f. xanthella Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina & N.M.Chernomorskya; Malus sylvestris var. dasyphylla (Borkh.) Ponomar.; Malus sylvestris subsp. paradisiaca (L.) Soó; Malus sylvestris var. praecox (Nyman) Ponomar.; Malus tianschanica Sumnev.; Pyrenia malus Clairv.; Pyrus astracanica (Dum.Cours.) DC.; Pyrus dioica Moench; Pyrus kirghisorum (Al.Fed. & Fed.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus malus L.; Pyrus malus var. cestiana L.; Pyrus malus var. paradisiaca L.; Pyrus malus var. prasomila L.; Pyrus malus var. rubelliana L.; Pyrus niedzwetzkyana (Dieck) Hemsl.; Pyrus paris M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus praecox Pall.; Pyrus pumila (Mill.) Steud.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.
Common name : Apple
Vernacular name : Seb (Hindi); Sebu (Kannada); Bilaiti heitup (Manipuri); Seva, Badara, Mushtinanan, Seba (Sanskrit); Seb (Urdu); Syaau (Nepali)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Cultivated
Comments / notes : Wildly cultivated. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders. Seeds are relatively small and black, and mildly poisonous.
Flower, Fruit : May-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Central Asia to Afghanistan, Europe, North and South America, India, Korea
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 119; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 604
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Malus pumila. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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Malus pumila Mill.

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