• Source: Malus trilobata

Malus trilobata, the Lebanese wild apple, erect crab apple or three-lobed apple tree, is a species in the family Rosaceae in the genus Malus. Some authorities place it in the segregate genus Eriolobus, as E. trilobatus.




Description


M. trilobata has an upright habit with horizontal branching and a mature size of 15 metres (49 feet) height by 7 m (23 ft) width.
The leaves are maple-like and deeply three-lobed. They turn from orange to red to deep purple in the fall.
The tree blooms during April and May producing white flowers and yellow fruits.




Distribution


The species' distribution in Asia includes West and South Anatolia, Syria, Lebanon and North Israel, while in Europe its distribution encompasses the east section of Greek Thrace (Evros Prefecture) and southeastern Bulgaria.
Surviving trees in Lebanon can be found in the Mount Lebanon Range, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft). The last remaining protected forest community of the endemic wild apple in the country is in the Horsh Ehden nature reserve and the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.




References






Further reading


"Les Principaux Arbres du Liban"; La Fascicule des Essences Forestieres du Liban. Projet d'assistance a la protection de la couverture vegetale au Liban (Ministry of Agriculture and European Union); 1999.
Zahreddine, H.G.; Barker, D.J.; Quigley, M.F.; Sleem, K.; Struve, D.K. (2007). "Patterns of woody plant species diversity in Lebanon as affected by climatic and soil properties" (PDF). Lebanese Science Journal. 8 (2): 21–44.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Flora Lebanon
• Malus trilobata
• Malus
• Malus sylvestris
• Eriolobus
• Malus crescimannoi
• List of culinary fruits
• Horsh Ehden
• Wildlife of Lebanon
• Flora of Lebanon
• List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z)