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Common name: Apple.
Voucher: Kostadinov 015, 019, 026, 208, 209, 210, (URV) Brief description: (generic) A small, much-branched tree. Leaves are simple, alternate, entire, pinnately veined, more or less pubescent, margins acutely serrate-toothed. Flowers are perfect, white to pink, in simple clusters. Fruits are an edible pome, lacking stone- or grit-cells. Campus data: Occasionally cultivated on campus. About a dozen individuals encountered. At least two different species/varieties (both crab apples) are present, and both are depicted here. The picture to the left is showing the fruits of one of them in late June.
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