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Calamansi (Citrus × microcarpa), [2] also known as calamondin, [3] Philippine lime, [4] or Philippine lemon, [5] is a citrus hybrid cultivated predominantly in the Philippines.It is native to the Philippines, parts of Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, and Sulawesi), Malaysia, and Brunei, as well as parts of southern China and Taiwan.
Citrus bergamia: Citrus bergamia, the bergamot orange, is a fragrant citrus fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow or green colour similar to a lime, depending on ripeness. Genetic research into the ancestral origins of extant citrus cultivars found bergamot orange to be a probable hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. Citron: Citrus medica
Celebes papeda, is a citrus that grows in northeastern Celebes and the southern Philippines. Under some taxonomic systems it is named Citrus celebica, else is a regional variant of Citrus hystrix. It is a small tree with inedible fruit. [1]
Lime (Citrus x latifolia), a lemon × Key lime cross [15] Bergamot orange (Citrus x bergamia), a lemon × sour orange backcross [15] Limetta (Citrus limetta), a distinct sour orange × citron hybrid [15] The common sweet orange (Citrus x sinensis) derives from a cross between a non-pure mandarin and pomelo parents [11]
The micrantha is a wild citrus from the papeda group, native to southern Philippines, particularly islands of Cebu and Bohol.Two varieties are recognized: small-flowered papeda (C. hystrix var. micrantha), locally known as biasong, and small-fruited papeda (C. hystrix var. microcarpa) or samuyao.
It is native to the Philippines. [2] The genus name of Swinglea is in honour of Walter Tennyson Swingle (1871–1952), an American agricultural botanist who contributed greatly to the classification and taxonomy of citrus. [3] The genus has one known synonym of Chaetospermum (M.Roem.) Swingle. [2]
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Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. Citrus is native to South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia. Indigenous people in these areas have used and ...