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The tangelo (/ ˈ t æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / TAN-jə-loh, / t æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l oʊ / tan-JEL-oh; C. reticulata × C. maxima or × C. paradisi), Citrus × tangelo, is a citrus fruit hybrid of a Citrus reticulata variety, such as mandarin orange or tangerine, and a Citrus maxima variety, such as a pomelo or grapefruit. The name is a portmanteau of ...
The Jamaican tangelo, also known by proprietary names ugli fruit (pronounced "ugly"), and uniq fruit (pronounced "unique"), [1] is a citrus fruit that arose on the island of Jamaica through the natural hybridization of a tangerine or orange with a grapefruit (or pomelo), and is thus a tangelo. [2]
The term is also sometimes used generically, like a tangelo, for recent mandarin × pomelo hybrids. The sour orange (Citrus x aurantium) derives from a direct cross between a pure mandarin and a pomelo [11] Lemon (Citrus x limon), a sour orange × citron hybrid. [15] Lime (Citrus x latifolia), a lemon × Key lime cross [15]
The ambersweet is a complex sweet orange x (Orlando tangelo x clementine) hybrid. [17] [18] The citranges are a group of sweet orange x trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata) hybrids. [19] The orange is a hybrid of mandarin and pomelo. [17]
Initially, many citrus types were identified and named by individual taxonomists, resulting in a large number of identified species: 870 by a 1969 count. [18] Some order was brought to citrus taxonomy by two unified classification schemes, those of Chōzaburō Tanaka and Walter Tennyson Swingle, that can be viewed as extreme alternative visions of the genus.
Its seed parent has been identified as the King tangelo; the pollen parent remains to be identified. [4] About 1913, he gave a hybrid tree he had produced at a US Department of Agriculture planting to R. D. Hoyt at Safety Harbor, Florida. Hoyt in turn gave budwood to his nephew, Charles Murcott Smith, for whom the variety was named.
Tangelo may also refer to: Tangelo (color), a shade of orange; Tangelo Park, a census-designated place in Florida; See also. Tangerine (disambiguation)
Tangor Ortanique Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species: C. reticulata × sinensis Binomial name Citrus reticulata × sinensis The tangor (C. reticulata × C. sinensis) is a citrus fruit hybrid of the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus ...