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Malus angustifolia
Also called Narrow Leaved Crabapple, Southern Crabapple
Malus angustifolia, the southern crabapple, is a small native tree of the eastern and south-central United States, grown for its pink, fragrant spring flowers and yellow-green fruit. It thrives in full sun and moist but well-drained soil.
Malus angustifolia, or southern crabapple, is a species of crabapple native to the eastern and south-central United States.
The species can be found from Florida west to eastern Texas and north to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri.
Although the fruits are astringent, acidic, and unpalatable when raw, they can be used to make jellies, jams, and food preserves.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malus angustifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
