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Malus pumila

About
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (Malus domestica), the most widely grown in the genus, are cultivated worldwide. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Eurasia before they were introduced to North America by European colonists. Apples have cultural significance in many mythologies...
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Malus pumila
- Slug
- malus-pumila
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Genus
- Malus
- Species
- pumila
- Wikidata QID
- Q158657
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 38
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