Citrus × deliciosa

Citrus × deliciosa
Hybrid parentageParents unknown; mandarin orange with some pomelo ancestry
Cultivar"Mediterranean"?[citation needed]
Marketing namesWillowleaf, 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).[1]
OriginItaly

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

  • Avana
  • Emperor
  • Yousef Effendi
  • Comuna/commune
  • Natal (Mexico)
  • Paterno
  • Willowleaf (in USA)
  • Setubalense
Fruits of the cultivar 'Setubalense'

Hybrid descendants

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

  • 'Clementine' (Citrus × deliciosa × unknown sweet orange).
  • 'Kinnow', (Citrus × deliciosa × King tangor)
  • 'Wilking', (Citrus × deliciosa × King tangor)
  • 'Encore', (Citrus × deliciosa × King tangor)
  • 'Temple', (Citrus × deliciosa × unknown sweet orange)
  • 'Cravo', (Citrus × deliciosa × unknown sweet orange)
  • 'Amoa 8', (Citrus × deliciosa 'Avana' cultivar x Citrus × sinensis 'Moro' cultivar)
  • 'Allspice' tangelo, (Citrus × deliciosa 'Willowleaf' cultivar x Citrus × paradisi 'Imperial' cultivar)
  • 'Pearl' tangelo, (Citrus × deliciosa 'Willowleaf' cultivar x Citrus × paradisi 'Imperial' cultivar)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mandarins / Citrus Pages".
  2. ^ 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 (2018). "Genomics of the origin and evolution of Citrus". Nature. 554 (7692): 311–316. Bibcode:2018Natur.554..311W. doi:10.1038/nature25447. hdl:20.500.11939/5741. PMID 29414943. and Supplement
  3. ^ Wu GA, et al. (2014). "Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pummelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication". Nature Biotechnology. 32 (7): 656–662. doi:10.1038/nbt.2906. PMC 4113729. PMID 24908277.
  4. ^ Barkley NA, Roose ML, Krueger RR, Federici CT (2006). "Assessing genetic diversity and population structure in a citrus germplasm collection utilizing simple sequence repeat markers (SSRs)". Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112 (8): 1519–1531. doi:10.1007/s00122-006-0255-9. PMID 16699791. S2CID 7667126. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. ^ Silva, Luis Rodrigues da; Silva, Branca (2016). "Bioactive Compounds of Citrus as Health Promoters". Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters Part I. pp. 29–97. doi:10.2174/9781681082394116010005. ISBN 9781681082394.


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