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Scientific classification
Genus:	Malus
Species:	orientalis
Synonyms
List Malus montana Uglitzk. Malus orientalis var. montana (Uglitzk.) Langenf. Malus orientalis subsp. montana (Uglitzk.) Likhonos Malus orientalis var. subalpina Ponomar. Pyrus paradisii M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus sapientiae M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species in the genus Malus found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, and Iran. 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. Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness. M. orientalis contributed slightly to the gene pool of domesticated apples, a distant second to Malus sieversii.

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