| Malus tschonoskii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Malus |
| Species: | M. tschonoskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Malus tschonoskii C.K.Schneid. |
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Malus tschonoskii is a species in the genus Malus (apples) in the Rosaceae. It is a strong growing tree with distinctive columnar habit and is particularly noted for its autumn colouring when the mid-green leaves turn to brilliant shades of yellow, orange, purple and scarlet. Single white flowers, tinged pink, appear in May and are followed by rounded red-flushed yellow-green crab apples. It can get to be 30 ft by 6 ft (9 m by 1.8 m) in 20 years, with an ultimate height of 40 ft (12 m).