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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 ...
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.
Citrus reticulata is a moderate-sized tree some 7.6 metres (25 ft) in height. [3] [2] The tree trunk and major branches have thorns. [3] The leaves are shiny, green, and rather small. [3] The petioles are short, almost wingless or slightly winged. [3] The flowers are borne singly or in small groups in the leaf-axils. [3]
The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color, that is considered either a variety of Citrus reticulata, the mandarin orange, or a closely related species, under the name Citrus tangerina, [1] [2] [3] or yet as a hybrid (Citrus × tangerina) of mandarin orange varieties, with some pomelo contribution.
The name is most likely a portmanteau of the word deko (凸, デコ; meaning convex) as a reference to its bump, and the pon in ponkan (ポンカン; one of the fruits that it is derived from) to create "dekopon" (デコポン).
A ripe Murcott 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.
Tachibana Unshū Iyokan Dekopon (Hallabong, Sumo Citrus). Japanese citrus fruits were first mentioned in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, compiled in the 700s, and the Man'yōshū and Kokin Wakashū, poetry anthologies compiled in the 700s and 900s, mention the Tachibana orange as a subject of waka poetry and describe its use as a medicinal, ornamental, and incense plant.