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The tangelo (/ ˈtændʒəloʊ / TAN-jə-loh, / tænˈdʒɛloʊ / tan-JEL-oh; C. reticulata × C. maxima or × C. paradisi), Citrus × tangelo, is a citrus fruit hybrid of a Citrus reticulata variety, such as mandarin orange or tangerine, and a Citrus maxima variety, such as a pomelo or grapefruit. The name is a portmanteau of 'tangerine' and ...
The Jamaican tangelo, also known by proprietary names ugli / ˈʌɡli / fruit, uglifruit, and uniq fruit, is a citrus fruit that arose on the island of Jamaica through the natural hybridization of a tangerine or orange with a grapefruit (or pomelo), and is thus a tangelo. [1] The original tree is believed to have been a hybrid formed from ...
Tangor. The tangor (C. reticulata × C. sinensis) is a citrus fruit hybrid of the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). [1] The name "tangor" is a formation from the "tang" of tangerine and the "or" of "orange." Also called the temple orange, its thick rind is easy to peel and its bright orange pulp is sour ...
The pomelo (/ ˈpɒmɪloʊ, ˈpʌm -/ POM-il-oh, PUM-; [2][3] Citrus maxima), also known as a shaddock and from the family Rutaceae, is the largest citrus fruit, and the principal ancestor of the grapefruit. [4] It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. [4] Similar in taste to a sweet grapefruit, the pomelo is ...
Florida. A ripe Murcott fruit. The Murcott (marketed as Honey Tangerine) is a tangor, or mandarin – sweet orange hybrid. [1][2][3] The Murcott arose out of citrus pioneer Walter Tennyson Swingle 's attempts to produce novel citrus hybrids. Its seed parent has been identified as the King tangelo; the pollen parent remains to be identified. [4]
Grapefruit varieties are differentiated by the flesh color of fruit they produce. Common varieties are yellow and pink pulp colors. Flavors range from highly acidic and somewhat sour to sweet and tart, resulting from composition of sugars (mainly sucrose), organic acids (mainly citric acid), and monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes providing aromas ...
Author abbrev. (botany) Swingle. Walter Tennyson Swingle (January 8, 1871 – January 19, 1952) was an American agricultural botanist who contributed greatly to the classification and taxonomy of citrus. Limequat, a citrofortunella hybrid created by Swingle.
Clementine. A clementine (Citrus × clementina) is a tangor, a citrus fruit hybrid between a willowleaf mandarin orange (C. × deliciosa) and a sweet orange (C. × sinensis), [1][2][3] named in honor of Clément Rodier, a French missionary who first discovered and propagated the cultivar in Algeria. [4] The exterior is a deep orange colour with ...