in taxon pome fruit plant manchurian crabapple plant PLANTS:MAMA37 Chinese crab apple plant Manchurian crab apple plant Manchurian crabapple plant (Malus baccata) is an Asian species of apple native to much of northern Asia, but is also grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for rootstock. It is used for bonsai. It bears plentiful fragrant white flowers and edible red to yellow fruit of about 1 cm diameter. Siberian crab Siberian crab apple plant malus baccata var. mandshurica malus mandshurica Malus mandshurica ready for release