Nanfengmiju Explained

Nanfengmiju
Genus:Citrus
Species:Citrus reticulata
Cultivar:Nanfengmiju

The Nanfengmiju (Citrus reticulata 'Nanfengmiju'[1]) is a rare non-hybrid citrus.[2]

A small, sweet fruit, it is one of the most widely cultivated varieties of mandarin orange in China.[3] It is thought to be a descendant of the Tang and Song dynasty ruju, and related to the Japanese kishu, which is now also grown and sold in North America.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Chaisiri . Chingchai . Liu . Xiang-Yu . Yin . Wei-Xiao . Luo . Chao-Xi . Lin . Yang . Morphology Characterization, Molecular Phylogeny, and Pathogenicity of Diaporthe passifloricola on Citrus reticulata cv. Nanfengmiju in Jiangxi Province, China . Plants . MDPI AG . 10 . 2 . 23 January 2021 . 2223-7747 . 10.3390/plants10020218 . 218. 33498730 . 7911537 . free .
  2. Next generation haplotyping to decipher nuclear genomic interspecific admixture in Citrus species: analysis of chromosome 2 . BMC Genetics . 15 . 152 . 2014 . Curk . Franck . Ancillo . Gema . Garcia-Lor . Andres . Luro . François . Perrier . Xavier . Jacquemoud-Collet . Jean-Pierre . Navarro . Luis . Ollitrault . Patrick . 10.1186/s12863-014-0152-1 . 25544367 . 4302129 . free .
  3. Web site: The Seedless Kishu, a small but mighty mandarin. Los Angeles Times . Karp . David . 13 January 2010 . 4 January 2020.