| Accepted name: |
Malus pumila Miller |
| Synonym(s): |
-Malus sylvestris (L.) Miller
-Malus domestica Borkh.
-Pyrus malus L.
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| English names: |
Common Crabapple
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| French names: |
Pommier nain
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WMALPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.1 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of bark taken for gallstones and piles. Used with other ingredients to give ball players wind during the game.
Infusion of inner bark used for lost voice and used as an ingredient in drink for dry throat(*7). Compound poultice of bark and fruit peelings used for black eyes. Decoction of bark used as drops for earaches. Compound infusion of bark and leaves used as drops for blindness(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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