US-812

Synonyms

812 (sec. Cottin 2002)

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus reticulata Blanco x Citrus trifoliata L. (sensu Zhang and Mabberley 2008); Citrus reticulata Blanco var. austera Swingle x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967); Citrus sunki (Hyata) hort. ex Tanaka x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. (sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002; sec. NPGS/GRIN 2010)

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent, prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length very long; wings medium, adjoining the blade. Leaflets three, margin bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades weakly or strongly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly or strongly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets somewhat to strongly malodorous. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad; rind yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13); rind texture slightly rough (4-5) or rough (8); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange; taste acidic-sweet or sour.

References

Cottin, R. 2002. Citrus of the World: A citrus directory. Version 2.0. France: SRA INRA-CIRAD.

Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.

Zhang, D. and D.J. Mabberley. 2008. Citrus. In: Flora of China Editorial Committee (eds.). Flora of China, Vol. 11. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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