Citrus × deliciosa explained

Citrus × deliciosa
Hybrid:Parents unknown; mandarin orange with some pomelo ancestry
Cultivar:"Mediterranean"?
Marketing Names:Willowleaf, Ba Ahmed (Morocco), Blida, Boufarik and Bougie (Algeria), Bodrum (Turkey), Paterno and Palermo (Italy), Nice and Provence (France), Valencia (Spain), Setubalense (Portugal); commune (French), comuna (Spanish), gallego (Portuguese), koina (Greek), yerli (Turkish), and beladi (various spellings, Arabic); Effendi or Yousef Effendi (Egypt and the Near East), Emperor, Avana or Speciale (Italy), Thorny (Australia), Mexerica or Bergamota (Brazil), Montegrina, Natal, and Chino or Amarillo (Mexico).
Origin:Italy

Citrus × deliciosa (thorny (Australia), amarillo, beladi, Willowleaf Mandarin, Mediterranean Mandarin[1]) is a citrus hybrid mandarin orange with just under 6 % pomelo ancestry.[2] It is related to the ponkan.[3] [4]

It has been widely grown around the Mediterranean since it appeared in Italy (between 1810 and 1818), but was not found in the orient until it was exported there.[1] It is one of the most commercially important citrus. Its sweet fruit is eaten, its rind oil is used to flavour food and drinks, and petitgrain oil is extracted from the pruned leaves.[1] Its flowers (particularly petals) are also rich in essential oils.[5]

Cultivars

Hybrid descendants

the Citrus × deliciosa is a parent of some hybrid cultivars like:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandarins / Citrus Pages.
  2. Genomics of the origin and evolution of Citrus . Wu . Guohong Albert . Terol . Javier . Ibanez . Victoria . López-García . Antonio . Pérez-Román . Estela . Borredá . Carles . Domingo . Concha . Tadeo . Francisco R . Carbonell-Caballero . Jose . Alonso . Roberto . Curk . Franck . Du . Dongliang . Ollitrault . Patrick . Roose . Mikeal L. Roose . Dopazo . Joaquin . Gmitter Jr . Frederick G. . Rokhsar . Daniel . Talon . Manuel . Nature . 2018 . 554 . 7692 . 311–316 . 10.1038/nature25447. 29414943 . 2018Natur.554..311W . free . 20.500.11939/5741 . free . and Supplement
  3. 10.1038/nbt.2906 . 32 . 7 . Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pummelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication . Nature Biotechnology . 656–662 . 24908277 . 4113729 . 2014 . Wu GA, etal.
  4. 10.1007/s00122-006-0255-9 . 112 . 8 . Assessing genetic diversity and population structure in a citrus germplasm collection utilizing simple sequence repeat markers (SSRs) . Theoretical and Applied Genetics . 1519–1531 . 16699791 . Barkley NA, Roose ML, Krueger RR, Federici CT . 2006 . 7667126 . 2018-12-29 . 2021-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309064039/https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=11065&content=PDF . dead .
  5. Book: Bioactive Compounds of Citrus as Health Promoters. 29–97. en. 10.2174/9781681082394116010005. Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters Part I. 2016. 9781681082394. Silva. Luis Rodrigues da. Silva. Branca.

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