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Also called Malus domestica.
Part of 🍎︎ apple genus Malus in 🌹︎ rose family Rosaceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose order Rosales.
Native to central Asia, it has been cultivated 🌐︎ worldwide. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).
The ❀ apple blossom is the ❀ state flower of Arkansas and Michigan.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Seeds slightly ☠︎ toxic[?] to 👥︎ humans.
This plant is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
The flower's ❀ radial symmetry with 5 equal parts (five-fold rotational symmetry) is preserved in fruit — see it by cutting an apple transversely (equator-wise)!
🔍︎ 🔍︎ images Discover Life Encyclopedia of Life Michigan Flora Flora of North America NRCS PLANTS db Wikipedia
🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple, ⍋ thorns 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins, thorn-like twigs 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger
⚘ ❀ flowers 🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula