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Ponkan (Hokkien Chinese: 椪柑; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-kam); Citrus poonensis; "Chinese Honey Orange") is a high-yield sweet Citrus cultivar with large fruits in the size of an orange. It is a citrus hybrid ( mandarin × pomelo ), [ 1 ] though it was once thought to be a pure mandarin.
The Moragne tangerine produced a seedling which became one of the oldest and most popular American varieties, the Dancy tangerine (zipper-skin tangerine, kid-glove orange). [14] Genetic analysis has shown the parents of the Dancy to have been two mandarin orange hybrids each with a small pomelo contribution, a Ponkan mandarin orange and a ...
The Ponkan (Citrus reticulata), a mandarin–pomelo hybrid [4] [9] The Dancy tangerine (Citrus tangerina) is a hybrid, the cross of a Ponkan with another unidentified hybrid mandarin. [2] Until the 1970s, most tangerines grown and eaten in the US were Dancys, and it was known as "Christmas tangerine" [13] and zipper-skin tangerine [14]
Ponkan: Citrus poonensis: Ponkan (Citrus poonensis; "Chinese Honey Orange") is a high-yield sweet Citrus cultivar with large fruits in the size of an orange. It is a citrus hybrid (mandarin × pomelo), though it was once thought to be a pure mandarin. Taiwan tangerine Flat lemon Hirami lemon Thin-skinned flat lemon Citrus × depressa: Tangelo ...
The name mandarin orange is a calque of Swedish mandarin apelsin [apelsin from German Apfelsine (Apfel + Sina), meaning Chinese apple], first attested in the 18th century.The Imperial Chinese term "mandarine" was first adopted by the French for this fruit.
The Murcott (marketed as Honey Tangerine) is a tangor, or mandarin–sweet orange hybrid. [1] [2] [3] The Murcott arose out of citrus pioneer Walter Tennyson Swingle's attempts to produce novel citrus hybrids. Its seed parent has been identified as the King tangelo; the pollen parent remains to be identified. [4]
Citrus × tangerina – Tangerine See also List of citrus fruits. Synonyms [2] Aurantium Mill. Citreum Mill. × Citrofortunella J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore × Citroncirus J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore Citrophorum Neck. Eremocitrus Swingle Feroniella Swingle Fortunella Swingle Limon Mill. Microcitrus Swingle Oxanthera Montrouz. Papeda Hassk.
It is a hybrid between Kiyomi and ponkan (Nakano no. 3), developed in Japan in 1972. [1] [2] Originally a brand name, "Dekopon" has become a genericized trademark and it is used to refer to all brands of the fruit; the generic name is shiranuhi or shiranui (不知火).