Species: Malus sylvestris Mill., Genus: Malus (Malus), Family: Rosaceae (Rosaceae), Group: Krytosemenné dreviny

• it is a tree 10 – 12 m high, crown spherical to widely spreading
• branches are thick
• bark is greenish-brown, later grey-brown
• bork is brownish-grey, cracked in longitudinal plates

• buds are spirally arranged, ovate, obtuse, sessile
• covering scales are usually three, reddish-brown, at least hairy along the margin

shoots are greenish-brown to reddish-brown when young, white tomentose

on older branches there is a numerous formation of brachyblasts and spines of stem origin

• leaves are 30 – 60 x 20 - 40 mm large, simple, broadly ovate, finely serrated along the margin
• the underside is lighter, at least on the veins tomentose
• the petiole is 15 – 30 mm long, hairy

• the tree is monoecious, the flowers are bisexual, 5-petaled, white, the corolla petals are pinkish on the outside
• the flowers grow in tufted racemes
• it flowers in May

• the fruit is a 20 - 40 mm large, yellow, spherical achene (planca)
• it ripens in September to October

• originally almost all of Europe, in the north about 61° N. W. latitude
• in Slovakia it grows on sunny shrubby slopes, forest-steppes from lowlands to 900 (max. 1,060) m a.s.l. 

• it is a partial shade-loving woody plant, resistant to low temperatures, drought-tolerant
• it grows well on moist, nutritious, alkaline to acidic soils

• it is a fruit-bearing tree (food for forest animals)
• it is a valuable landscape element
• it is decorative when in bloom