Branch with unripe fruits; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Branch with ripe fruits; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1397 Date of entry: 06.10.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Service Tree
German: Speierling
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rosales (124)
Family: Rosaceae (60)(family description)
Genus: Cormus (1)
Epithet: domestica Spach (4)
Synonyms: Malus sorbus (Gaertn.) Borckh., Sorbus domestica L.
domestica => domestic, used in the home
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
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