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'''''Malus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|l|ə|s}}<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|l|ə|s}}), '''[[apple]]''', is a [[genus]] of about 30–55 [[species]]<ref>{{cite journal | author=Phipps, J.B. et aL.| title=A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae)| journal=Can. J. Bot.| year=1990| volume=68 | pages=2209 | doi=10.1139/b90-288 | issue=10}}</ref> of small [[deciduous]] [[apple]] [[tree]]s or [[shrub]]s in the family [[Rosaceae]], including the domesticated [[apple|orchard apple]] (''M. domestica''). The other species are generally known as '''crabapples''', crab apples, crabs, or wild apples.
 
The genus is [[native plant|native]] to the [[temperateness|temperate]] zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Apple wood gives off a pleasant scent when burned, and smoke from an apple wood fire gives an excellent flavour to [[smoking (cooking)|smoked]] foods.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite web |last=Fraser |first=Anna |title=Properties of different trees as firewood |date=22 August 2005|accessdate=17 July 2008 |url=http://web.archive.org:80/web/20071011022757/www.the-tree.org.uk/ }}</ref> It is easier to cut when green; dry apple wood is exceedingly difficult to carve by hand.<ref name=Fraser/> It is a good wood for cooking fires because it burns hot and slow, without producing much flame.<ref name=Fraser/>
 
Crabapple has been [[List of Bach flower remedies|listed]] as one of the 38 plants that are used to prepare [[Bach flower remedies]],<ref name="Vohra2004">{{cite book|author=D. S. Vohra|title=Bach Flower Remedies: A Comprehensive Study|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=icG8onA0ys8C&pg=PR3|accessdate=2 September 2013|date=1 June 2004|publisher=B. Jain Publishers|isbn=978-81-7021-271-3|page=3}}</ref> a kind of [[alternative medicine]] promoted for its effect on health. However according to [[Cancer Research UK]], "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/treatment/complementary-alternative/therapies/flower-remedies
|title=Flower remedies
|publisher=[[Cancer Research UK]]
|accessdate=September 2013
}}</ref>
 
== Species ==