Growing in China's western Sichuan, southeastern Gansu and southeastern Xizang and other plateau areas, the Cut-leaf Crabapple is a cash crop whose leaves and fruits can be respectively made into herbal tea and beverage. 

As a good way to increase employment and income of local farmers, Daofu County in southwest China's Sichuan Province has been implementing planting plan of this cash crop and cultivating its relative industry in recent years to meet the growing market demand.