湖北海棠(Malus hupehellsis Rehd)俗名茶叶海棠、园叶海棠、甜茶、花红茶、三片罐等,其叶可以作饮料,多数产区都有采叶作茶叶的习惯,每年商业部门收购干叶的数量很大。用为苹果的砧木,仅近年来才开始应用。我省是苹果新区,解放以后才开始大量引种苹果。在试验的过程中,自1953年即在 Malus hupehellsis Rehd commonly known as Malus hupehellsis Rehd Begonia, lobular begonia, sweet tea, black tea, three cans, the leaves can be used as beverages, most of the producing areas have the habit of picking leaves for tea, the commercial sector each year to buy dried leaves A large number. Used as an apple rootstock, only in recent years began to apply. Apple province in our province, after the liberation began a large number of introduction of apples. In the course of the experiment, since 1953