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Malus sylvestris, the European crab apple, also known as the European wild apple or simply the crab apple, is a species of the genus Malus, native to Europe and western Asia. Its scientific name means "forest apple".
Common name: crab apple. Scientific name: Malus sylvestris. Family: Rosaceae. Origin: native. One of the ancestors of the cultivated apple (of which there are more than 6,000 varieties), it can live to up to 100 years. Mature trees grow to around 10m in height.
The Common Crabapple is a flowering, deciduous tree typically found growing in its native Europe and Turkey in woods containing oak. At maturity, it can reach a height of 32 feet. It is a food source for many undomesticated animals.
The European Crab Apple is botanically called Malus sylvestris. The Tree is a deciduous tree, it will be up to 10 m (33 ft) high. The leaves are ovoid and the flowers are white - pink . The tree likes at the location and the soil should be good garden soils.
This guide takes a closer look at crab apples (Malus sylvestris), revealing information on crab apple trees and the fruits that grow on them, how to identify these fruits, when to forage them and delicious crab apples recipes – including crab apple jelly.
European crab apple is a small and thorny, native wild tree, which is distributed over most of the European countries, including all the Nordic countries except Iceland. Its scientific name, Malus sylvestris, means “forest apple”.
European crab apple. Commonly known as the European crab apple, and scientifically Malus Sylvestris, it belongs to the Rosaceae family, of which there are around 20 species across Europe, Western Asia and North America. It mainly grows in temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere.
