Malus sieversii
species of plant
Malus sieversii is a wild apple. According to DNA analysis conducted in 2010 that sequenced the complete genome of the apple, it is the primary ancestor of M. domestica, the domesticated apple. Its scientific name is accredited to Johann August Carl Sievers.
Native to Central Asia, M. sieversii prefers warm and damp habitats. Its conservation status is vulnerable.
Description
It is a deciduous tree growing 5 to 12 metres (16 to 39 ft), very similar in appearance to the domestic apple. Its pollen grains vary in size and are seen to be ovular when dry and spherical when swelled with water. Its fruit is the largest of any species of Malus except domestica, up to 7 cm in diameter, equal in size to many modern apple cultivars. Unlike domesticated varieties, its leaves go red in autumn: 62% of the trees in the wild do this compared to only 2.8% of the regular apple plant or the 2,170 English cultivated varieties.
M. sieversii has the capability to reproduce vegetatively as they form root suckers, or basal shoots.
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