Manchurian Crabapple is an upright, deciduous,
broad-rounded, early-flowering shrub, and typically grows to 30-40 ft
tall. Pink flower buds form in early spring followed by a showy
display of fragrant white flowers 3.5-4 cm wide, with hairy sepals.
Flowers appear in 3-6 flowered corymbs. Flowers are followed by tiny
red crabapples, up to 1.5 cm diameter, on thin 2.5 cm long stalks.
Birds are attracted to the fruit. Broad-elliptic green leaves, up to 8
cm long, have sawtoothed margins. Manchurian Crabapple is native to
mixed forests in Manchuria, Russia, China, Korea and Japan.
Identification credit: Shakir Ahmad
Photographed in Kashmir.
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