Malus toringoides

Not to be confused with Malus transitoria, which is also called the cut-leaf crabapple.

Malus toringoides is a crabapple species in the family Rosaceae, with the common name cut-leaf crabapple.

Malus toringoides
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Malus
Species:	M. toringoides
Binomial name
Malus toringoides Hughes

The tree is endemic to mountain ranges of China, located within Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Sichuan Provinces.

Malus toringoides is a wild crabapple tree, and is sometimes used as a root stock in apple hybridizing. It is a naturally occurring hybrid species with multiple ploidy levels.^[1]