Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Malus domestica Borkh.
Family : ROSACEAE
Genus : Malus
Catalan common name : Pomera.
Spanish common name : Manzano.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : April. May.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Observations : The landraces and varieties of this species are innumerable, easily surpassing a thousand in brief inventory.
Location on-campus UIB : Poc freqüent, es pot observar un exemplar en front l'edifici Mateu Orfila devora un dels eucaliptus.
Description : A medium sized deciduous tree not reaching over 10-12 m in height. The crown is usually rounded. Leaves are simple with a finely toothed margin, ovate to elliptic, 4-13 cm in length, an intense green on the obverse, pubescent on the reverse side of the leaf. Flowers are large, some 2.5 to 4 cm in diameter, white with purple or rose spots, grouped in racemes at the lateral branch ends. The fruit, the apple, is smooth with a navelate indentation at each end.
Flowering period : April-may
