Citrus tachibana
(Makino) Tanaka
Tachibana orange
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Description
A shrub. It grows 3-4 m tall. The branches are slender and have prickles about 3 mm long. The leaves are oblong and 6-7 cm long by about 4 cm wide. The flowers are in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. They are small and about 1.3 cm across. They have 5 white petals. The fruit is round and about 2.5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They can be smooth or have slight lobes. They have a thin skin and it turns yellow when ripe. The juice is bitter. The seeds are 1 cm long by 6 mm wide.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It Taiwan it grows in forests at low altitudes.
Where It Grows
Asia, Japan, Taiwan,
Notes
There are 20 Citrus species. Several hybrids have been formed.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. 1(1):31. 1924
- Flora of Taiwan. Vol. 3:513
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000)
- Yamamoto, Masashi, 2014, Citrus Genetic Resources Grown on the Ryuku Uslands, Japan. Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands. Occasional Papers No. 54 p 9
