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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.
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).
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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]
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.
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from matter that does not. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction.