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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 / ˈ ʌ ɡ l i / fruit, uglifruit, and uniq fruit, 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. [1]
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] Iyokan (Citrus iyo), a cross between the Dancy tangerine and another Japanese mandarin variety, the kaikoukan. [12] Bang Mot tangerine, a mandarin variety popular in Thailand.
He developed the tangelo citrus hybrid in 1897 in Eustis, Florida. [ 5 ] He made several visits to the Mediterranean countries of Europe, to North Africa, and to Asia Minor, from where he introduced the date palm , pistachio nut and other useful plants, as well as the fig wasp , to make possible the cultivation of Smyrna figs in California.
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]
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 ...
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