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Kabosu (カボス or 臭橙; binomial name: Citrus sphaerocarpa) is a citrus fruit of an evergreen broad-leaf tree in the family Rutaceae. [2] It is popular in Japan, especially Ōita Prefecture , [ 3 ] where its juice is used to improve the taste of many dishes, especially cooked fish, sashimi , and hot pot dishes.
Kabosu and Atsuko Sato sitting on the monument to Kabosu in 2023. In Japan, Kabosu and Sato were known as pet and owner rather than a meme, and her blog Taking a walk with Kabosu-chan was the fourth-most popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, she explained, "[t]o be honest, some pictures are strange ...
Cold-hardy citrus is citrus with increased frost tolerance and which may be cultivated far beyond traditional citrus growing regions. Citrus species and citrus hybrids typically described as cold-hardy generally display an ability to withstand wintertime temperatures below −5 to −10 °C (23 to 14 °F).
Papeda or papaeda is the common name for a group of Citrus species and varieties native to tropical Asia that are hardy and slow-growing, and produce unpalatable fruit. Walter Tennyson Swingle segregated these species into a separate subgenus, Papeda , that included the Ichang lemon , yuzu , kaffir lime , kabosu , sudachi , and a number of wild ...
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It aggregates content to form "pages" for every known species. Content is compiled from existing trusted databases which are curated by experts and it calls on the assistance of non-experts throughout the world.
Citrus cavaleriei, the Ichang papeda (Chinese: 宜昌橙), is a slow-growing species of papeda that has characteristic lemon-scented foliage and flowers. It is native to southwestern and west-central China [1] and is likely named for the city of Yichang (宜昌), in China's Hubei province. The Ichang papeda is notable for its unusual hardiness.
The trifoliate orange is recognizable by the large 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) thorns on the shoots, and its deciduous leaves with three (or rarely, five) leaflets, typically with the middle leaflet 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long, and the two side leaflets 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) long.
Compared to the related kabosu, sudachi are much smaller at 20–25 g (0.71–0.88 oz) [7] up to 40 g (1.4 oz) compared to 100–140 g (3.5–4.9 oz). Some California farms now grow sudachi on a commercial scale, after trees became readily available to nurseries around 2008. [11] The fruit is also being cultivated in Piura, Peru. [citation needed]