Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Malus domestica, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced20 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Merged from a synonym record

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Suckow) Borkh.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1272 (1803)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1803	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Apple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Afghanistan to C. Asia and Xinjiang	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	700 cm	700 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 178, 214, 251, 500, 685, 873, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white, magenta	magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 coarse · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	pome · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth form	Multiple Stem	Multiple Stem · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Merged from a synonym record (Malus pumila) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Maximum height	1250 cm	1250 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 178, 214, 251, 500, 685, 873, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	false · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Merged from a synonym record (Malus pumila) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Ground humidity	empty	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 7 / 9 · half-light to light · Merged from a synonym record (Malus pumila) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Merged from a synonym record (Malus chitralensis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Soil nutriments	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · Merged from a synonym record (Malus pumila) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Merged from a synonym record (Malus pumila) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	305 cm	305 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432, 818	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, human_food, ornamental, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh., 1803 50% complete

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