Citrange Explained

The citrange (a portmanteau of citrus and orange) is a citrus hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.

The purpose of this cross was to attempt to create a cold hardy citrus tree (which is the nature of a trifoliate), with delicious fruit like those of the sweet orange. However, citranges are generally bitter.

Citrange is used as a rootstock for citrus in Morocco, but does not prevent dry root rot or exocortis disease.[1]

Cultivars

There are several named citrange cultivars, including the 'Carrizo' citrange and the 'Troyer' citrange. Both resulted from a hybrid between the trifoliate orange and the Washington navel orange. There is also a cultivar called 'Rusk' which resulted from a cross between a Ruby orange and a trifoliate orange.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Current Situatuon of citriculture in Marocco . HORTICOM NEWS . Ediciones de Horticultura, S.L. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103510/http://www.horticom.com/pd/imagenes/54/422/54422.html . October 6, 2014 .
  2. http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#trifoliate The Citrus Industry Book, Volume I