Malus sikkimensis

Malus sikkimensis
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. sikkimensis
Binomial name
	Malus sikkimensis; (Wenz.) Koehne ex C.K.Schneid.
Synonyms
	List Malus baccata subsp. sikkimensis (Wenz.) Likhonos in Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52(3): 28 (1974); Pyrus pashia var. sikkimensis Wenz. in Linnaea 38: 49 (1873); Pyrus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 2: 373 (1878); Sinomalus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Rushforth in Phytologia 100: 245 (2018); ;

Malus sikkimensis is a rare species of apple known by the common name Sikkim crabapple. Its Chinese name is xi jin hai tang (锡金海棠). It is native to China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet and parts of India, where it is threatened due to loss of habitat.^[2]

It bears white and pink flowers and dark red fruit which are edible. The fruits are a primary source (within India and Himalayas) of dietary dihydrochalcones and flavonoids (both organic compounds). An extract of the fruit of M. sikkimensis has potential for protective and therapeutic properties (Shri et al. 2018).^[3]

It was first published in Gatt. Pomac. on page 27 in 1890.^[1]

References

^ a b "Malus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Koehne | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2016). "Malus sikkimensis. e.T50050877A50671549". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2023. Last assessed 01 July 2014
^ Shri, K.S.; Sharma, Y.P.; Pankaj, S.; Pratima, V.; Randhawa, S.S. (2018). "Wild edible fruits of Himachal Pradesh state centre on climate change & UNEP-GEF-MoEFCC project report". Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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[Powo-1] "Malus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Koehne | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[IUCN-2] Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2016). "Malus sikkimensis. e.T50050877A50671549". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2023. Last assessed 01 July 2014

[3] Shri, K.S.; Sharma, Y.P.; Pankaj, S.; Pratima, V.; Randhawa, S.S. (2018). "Wild edible fruits of Himachal Pradesh state centre on climate change & UNEP-GEF-MoEFCC project report". Retrieved 10 September 2021.

v t e "Crabapple" or "Wild apple" (of the genus Malus)
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Taxon identifiers
Malus sikkimensis	Wikidata: Q6744990 Wikispecies: Malus sikkimensis BOLD: 555729 CoL: 3XQY4 EoL: 16882455 EPPO: MABSK FNA: 242411011 FoC: 242411011 GBIF: 3001344 GRIN: 23276 IPNI: 726401-1 ITIS: 836480 IUCN: 50050877 NCBI: 1143241 Open Tree of Life: 131153 Plant List: rjp-7023 PLANTS: MASI11 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:907840-1 RHS: 10789 Tropicos: 27802350 WFO: wfo-0001016396
Pyrus pashia var. sikkimensis	Wikidata: Q39778305 GBIF: 5364320 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50902453-1 Tropicos: 50232628 WFO: wfo-0001016907

Malus sikkimensis

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. sikkimensis
Binomial name
*Malus sikkimensis* (Wenz.) Koehne ex C.K.Schneid.
Synonyms^[1]
List Malus baccata subsp. sikkimensis (Wenz.) Likhonos in Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52(3): 28 (1974) Pyrus pashia var. sikkimensis Wenz. in Linnaea 38: 49 (1873) Pyrus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 2: 373 (1878) Sinomalus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Rushforth in Phytologia 100: 245 (2018)