Chinese Crab (Malus hupehensis)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal, Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. Up to 1 cm in diameter, it has a sour taste. The leaves are a tea substitute. Palatable and thirst quenching, it is much used in China and leaves are exported from Shasi for this purpose. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Up to 1 cm in diameter, it has a sour taste.; The leaves are a tea substitute.; Palatable and thirst quenching, it is much used in China and leaves are exported from Shasi for this purpose.

Habitat & North American Range

Mixed forests, slopes and valley thickets from sea level to 2900 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)