Tangor
Encyclopedia
The tangor is a citrus
fruit
hybrid of the mandarin orange
(tangerine
, Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). The name "tangor" is a portmanteau using the "tang" of tangerine and the "or" of "orange".
Citrus
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
hybrid of the mandarin orange
Mandarin orange
The orange, also known as the ' or mandarine , is a small citrus tree with fruit resembling other oranges. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain or in fruit salads...
(tangerine
Tangerine
__notoc__The tangerine is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the Mandarin orange . Taxonomically, it should probably be formally named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name...
, Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). The name "tangor" is a portmanteau using the "tang" of tangerine and the "or" of "orange".
Varieties
- King ("King of Siam"; formerly Citrus nobili)
- Murcott ("honey Murcott"; "Murcott honey orange"; "red"; "big red")
- Ortanique (originally found in Jamaica, the name comes from the words "orange", "tangerine", and "unique")
- Temple ("Magnet" of Japan)
- Umatilla (misnomer "Umatilla tangelo")
Satsuma tangors
- IyokanIyokanThe iyokan , also known as anadomikan , is a Japanese citrus fruit. It is the second most widely produced citrus fruit in Japan after the unshū mikan. It was discovered in the Meiji era in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is now produced mostly in Ehime Prefecture.The peel is thicker than a mikan, but it...
(Miyagawa × unknown sweet orange) - Miyauchi Iyo (early-ripening Iyo mutant)
- Othani Iyo (late-ripening Miyauchi mutant)
- KiyomiKiyomiis a Japanese citrus fruit that is a hybrid of a Miyagawa Wase mikan and a Trovita orange. The new breed was the first tangor created in Japan in 1949. It was named Kiyomi after the temple and the lagoon near its experiment station in Shizuoka city and registered as "Tangor Nōrin No.1" in...
(Miyagawa × Trovita navel orange) - Seto (Sugiyama Unshiu × Trovita navel orange),
External links
- Fruits of Warm Climates, Julia F. Morton
- Satsuma hybrids