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Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics


Chapter  3 Citrus Fruits and Their Relatives

Table 1. Principal cultivated varieties of Citrus, Fortunella, and Poncirus - continued
Species, group, and variety
Note
Value'
Citrus aurantifolia (L.) Swingle, lime:
Small fruited acid group:
West Indian (Key, Mexican)
Widely extended
1
Large fruited acid group:
Tahiti (Persian)
Mediterranean
2
Bearss (Bearss Seedless)
Floridian
2
Citrus limettioides Tan.
Indian Sweet, Palestine
Indian
3
Fortunella margarita (Lour.) Swingle, kumquat:
Nagami, Oval
Japanese
2
Fortunella crassifolia Swingle
Meiwa, Large Round
Japanese
3
Fortunella japonica (Thunb.) Swingle
Marumi, Round
Japanese
3
Fortunella hindsii (Champ.) Swingle
Hongkong
Japanese, Chinese
3
Fortunella obovata Tan.
Changshow
Japanese, Chinese
4
Fortunella polyandra (Ridl.) Tan.
Malayan
Malaysian
4
Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf., trifoliate orange:
Root-stock group:
Rubidoux
Californian
1

Poncirus trifoliata
Figure 34. Poncirus trifoliata, a trifoliate
orange with small fruits and large thorns.



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