Synonyms:

• (=) Pyrus floribunda G. Kirchn.

Common names:

• Japanese crab  (Source: BSBI) - English
• Japanese crab apple  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• Japanese flowering crab apple  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• purple chokeberry  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• showy crab apple  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• vielblütiger Apfel  (Source: Zander ed17) - German

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Hortus 3)
• Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in apple (fide Acta Hort 839:403. 2009)
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of apple (based on affinities to members of section Malus fide Russian J Genet 38:1155, 1157. 2002)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (only cult.)

References:

1. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
2. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
3. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
4. Forte, A. V. et al. 2002. Phylogeny of the Malus (apple tree) species, inferred from the morphological traits and molecular DNA analysis Russian J. Genet. 38:1357-1369.
5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
6. Joshi, S. G. et al. 2009. Development of cisgenic apples with durable resistance to apple scab Acta Hort. 839:403-406.
7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23233. Accessed 5 junio 2026.