Malus florentina Malus florentina Malus florentina is a species of apple known by the common names Florentine crabapple and hawthorn-leaf crabapple. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and Italy, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree. The botanical name "florentina" and common name "florentine" are remarking the source of the municipality of Florence, Italy that has a major history of botanical collection in their famous renaissance gardens, and the other common name "hawthorn-leaf" is remarking its distinct toothed leaf shape which closely resembles that of a hawthorn and is unusual for a crabapple. Tree is deciduous, upright and vase
Karl Malus who was possessing Wizard at the time. As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel" event, Karl Malus returned following his devouring by Carnage. Malus explained that he was indeed eaten by Carnage, but somehow was able to pull himself back together once deposited as waste. As a human/Symbiote hybrid, Malus now exhibits symbiote-like abilities and behavior. Since this incident, he continued his experiments on humans as an employee of Serpent Solutions as seen in their flashback. Most of Karl Malus's experiments were on illegal immigrants that were given to him by the Sons of the Serpent upon apprehending them at