Malus domestica | Dried Botanical ID

Name and publication

Malus domestica Borkh., Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1272 (1803).

Description

Apple fruit slices or, sometimes, pieces, are somewhat round with a reddish skin and beige interior with locules and/or seed at the center, 3-6 mm in diameter.

Nativity and distribution

Malus domestica is only known from cultivation but sometimes naturalized.

Family

Rosaceae

fruit slices; photo © The Lebermuth Company, Inc.	slice from center of fruit parallel to stem; photo by Lyndon Photography
slice from outside of fruit with peel; photo by Lyndon Photography	slice from center of fruit perpendicular to stem; photo by Lyndon Photography