Malus orientalis

Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Bulgaria, Turkey (including East Thrace), the Caucasus region, Iran, and Afghanistan.^[2]

Malus orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Malus
Species:	M. orientalis
Binomial name
Malus orientalis Uglitzk.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Malus montana Uglitzk. Malus montana var. acuminata Botsch. Malus montana var. diversifolia Botsch. Malus orientalis var. brevipedunculata Botsch. Malus orientalis f. lanata Botsch. Malus orientalis var. lanceolata Botsch. Malus orientalis var. montana (Uglitzk.) Langenf. Malus orientalis subsp. montana (Uglitzk.) Likhonos Malus orientalis var. subalpina Ponomar. Malus sylvestris subsp. orientalis (Uglitzk.) Soó Pyrus paradisii M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus sapientiae M.F.Fay & Christenh.

With its relatively large yellow fruit, it has been consumed by people for millennia, with a string of halved, dried fruit being found in a royal tomb at Ur.^{[citation needed]} Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness. Malus orientalis contributed to the gene pool of domesticated apples, along with M. sieversii and M. sylvestris.^[3][4][5]