About 140 results for ‘Malus’
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Malus
Malus, the apples, are a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called (M. domestica, derived from M. sieversii, sometimes mistakenly called M. pumila). The other species and subspecies are generally known as "wild apples", "crab apples", "crabapples" or "crabs". The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, Asia and North America. Apple trees are typically 4–12 m (13–39 ft) tall at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. The leaves are 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and a half-inferior ovary; flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 growing degree days (varying greatly according to subspecies and cultivar). Apples require cross-pollination between individuals by insects (typically bees, which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen); all are self-sterile, and (with the exception of a few specially developed cultivars) self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential. Malus species, including domestic apples, hybridize freely. Malus species are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species; see list of Lepidoptera that feed on Malus. The fruit is a globose pome, varying in size from 1–4 cm (0.39–1.6 in) diameter in most of the wild species, to 6 cm (2.4 in) in M. sylvestris sieversii, 8 cm (3.1 in) in M. domestica, and even larger in certain cultivated orchard apples; among the largest-fruited cultivars (all of which originate in North America) are 'Wolf River' and 'Stark Jumbo'. The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged star-like, each containing one to two (rarely three) seeds. One species, Malus trilobata from southwest Asia, has three- to seven-lobed leaves (superficially resembling a maple leaf) and with several structural differences in the fruit; it is often treated in a genus of its own, as Eriolobus trilobatus.
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- cruchon
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- Malus
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- 20th century
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- Designation:
- cruchon
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- Malus
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- 20th century
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- Designation:
- cruchon
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- Malus
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- 20th century
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- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- cruchon | topette ; chopinette
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- Malus
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- 20th century
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- Agriculture
- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- cruchon
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- Portrayed subject:
- Malus
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- 20th century
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La Creation du Monde (titre inscrit, français, allemand, ...
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- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dolphin
- Elephant
- Eve
- Garden of Eden
- Giraffe
- God the Father
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Fraipont
Normandie et Bretagne
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- Portrayed subject:
- Breton people
- Folk costume
- Malus
- Man
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Noeud et fleurs de pommier (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Leaf
- Malus
- Passementerie
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Long noeud aux fleurs de pommier [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Leaf
- Malus
- Passementerie
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Château de Chastellux (projet de tapisserie) [titre attri...
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apple
- Bridge
- Chastellux-sur-Cure
- Château
- Forest
- Fox hunting
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fontaine aux pommiers (assiette à dessert, projet) [titre...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Brittany
- Individual
- Malus
- Meadow
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- Date:
- 20th century
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