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Malus sieboldii, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY
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Malus sieboldii

Siebold's crab · also Siebold's crabapple, Toringo crabapple

Deciduous
153
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
16 in
median trunk (40 cm, 22 measured)
6.8 yr
median age (94% have a planting date)

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Malus sieboldii, commonly called Siebold's crab or Toringo crabapple, is a species of crabapple known for its profusion of white flowers followed by red fruit. It is a deciduous tree with a rounded shape. It attracts birds and mammals.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Copenhagen · Denmark
    1316.8 yr—
  2. Boston · United States
    1323 yr34 in
  3. London · United Kingdom
    9—0.5 in

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous
Mature height
15–50 ft
Canopy spread
15–25 ft
Growth rate
Moderate
Water needs
Moderate
Wildlife value
Moderate
Blooms
Mar, Apr, May

Trunk diameters across every city: median 16 in, mean 20 in, 90th percentile 44 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
  • Central Korean deciduous forests
  • Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
  • Southern Korea evergreen forests

Other Malus in the catalogue

37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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