Malus transitoria, the cut-leaf crabapple, is a species of flowering plant in the crabapple genus, Malus.

The deeply divided leaves turn yellow in autumn.

[3] It produces abundant white flowers, and small yellow fruits 8 mm in diameter.

[3] Malus transitoria is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for its elegant shape, abundant white blossoms, and yellow fruits.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.