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A mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), often simply called mandarin, is a small, rounded citrus tree fruit. Treated as a distinct species of orange , it is usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. The mandarin is small and oblate, unlike the roughly spherical sweet orange (which is a mandarin- pomelo hybrid ).
Tangelos, a generic term for modern mandarin (tangerine) × pomelo and mandarin × grapefruit crosses The Mandelo or 'cocktail grapefruit', a cross between a Dancy/King mixed mandarin and a pomelo. [2] The term is also sometimes used generically, like a tangelo, for recent mandarin × pomelo hybrids.
The fruit was created as a cross between a non-pure mandarin orange and a hybrid pomelo that had a substantial mandarin component. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Since its chloroplast DNA is that of pomelo, it was likely the hybrid pomelo, perhaps a pomelo BC1 backcross , that was the maternal parent of the first orange.
The name daidai, originally meaning "several generations" (and written as (代代) or (代々)), came from the fruit staying on the tree for several years if not picked; [3] thus, a tree bears fruits of more than one season or from multiple years. [1]
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture sources.Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1]
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.
Nagpur orange is a variety of mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) grown in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. [1] [2] [3] Details.
Ponkans are widely grown in the United States, Brazil, Japan and China. [citation needed] In Taiwan, it is an important citrus crop often cultivated as high-end fruit and exported mainly to Hong Kong, Japan, and Canada.