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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.
The apple is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state fruit of New York, Vermont and Washington. Apple variety 'Golden Delicious' Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious' is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state fruit of West Virginia. Apple variety Honeycrisp Malus pumila 'MN#1711' Honeycrisp™ is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state fruit of Minnesota. Apple variety 'Rhode Island Greening' Malus domestica 'Rhode Island Greening' is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state fruit of Rhode Island.
Muffins made from those (presumably New York) apples are the state muffins of New York. 🥧 Pies made from those (presumably Vermont) apples are, if served with a glass of cold milk, a slice of cheddar cheese, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, the 🏛🥧 state pie of Vermont.
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)!
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ 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