Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Malus sylvestris var. microphylla Browicz

Malus sylvestris var. sylvestris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apple	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
crab apple	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
divlja jabuka	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
european crab apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european crabapple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european wild apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
holz-apfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
holzapfel	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
jablonja lesnaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pommier sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saib	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
seb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild-apfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wildapfel	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fructus		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malus communis subsp. sylvestris (L.) Gams in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 745 (1922).
Malus communis var. sylvestris (L.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 715 (1892).
Pyrus malus var. sylvestris L. Sp. Pl.: 479 (1753).
Pyrus malus subsp. sylvestris (L.) Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 223 (1780).
Pyrus pomum M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 116 (2018).
Pyrus sylvestris (L.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 562 (1821 publ. 1822).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malus sylvestris	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Malus sylvestris (L.)	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Malus sylvestris (L.) Miller	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Malus sylvestris Mill.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Malus sylvestris P. Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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