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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.
Mauretania Tingitana (Latin for "Tangerine Mauretania") was a Roman province, coinciding roughly with the northern part of present-day Morocco. [1] [2] The territory stretched from the northern peninsula opposite Gibraltar, to Sala Colonia (or Chellah) and Volubilis to the south, [3] and as far east as the Mulucha (or Malva) river.
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.
Kinnow. The Kinnow is a high yield mandarin hybrid cultivated extensively in the wider Punjab region of India and Pakistan.. It is a hybrid of two citrus cultivars — 'King' (Citrus nobilis) × 'Willow Leaf' (Citrus × deliciosa) — first developed by Howard B. Frost, [1] at the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.
Its cultivar 'Tangerine Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3] 'Tangerine Beauty' has large bright red flowers flamed with soft orange, [4] and it blooms Mid-May. [5] Another cultivar is T. vvedenskyi 'Orange Sunset' [6]
Tangeretin is an O-polymethoxylated flavone that is found in tangerine and other citrus peels. Tangeretin strengthens the cell wall and acts as a plant's defensive mechanism against disease-causing pathogens. [2] It has also been used as a marker compound to detect contamination in citrus juices. [2]
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 ...
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]