Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the nearly all broadly cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching 5–12 m tall, with a wide, often closely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately set easy ovals 5–12 cm long and 3–6 cm broad on a 2–5 cm petiole with an acute tip, serrated margin and a somewhat downy underside. Flowers are produced in spring simultaneous with the budding of the leaves. The flowers are white with a pink tinge that increasingly fades five petaled, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter. The fruit matures in autumn, and is normally 5–9 cm diameter. The centre of the fruit has five carpels arranged in a five-point star, each carpel having one to three seeds.