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Citrus reticulata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 610. 1837.

Arbustos o árboles, 1.5–5 m de alto, espinas ausentes hasta pocas, 1–2 mm de largo. Hojas elípticas u obovadas, 3–7 cm de largo y 1.5–4 cm de ancho, ápice obtuso (agudo), base cuneada, margen crenulado, glabras; pecíolo 0.5–2 cm de largo, obviamente articulado con la base de la lámina, angostamente alado o marginado, 0.1–0.3 cm de ancho, alas uniformes o gradualmente atenuadas desde el ápice. Flores solitarias o en racimos cortos con pocas flores; cáliz 3 mm de largo, lobos 5, 1 mm de largo; pétalos 5, oblanceolados a oblongos, 7–8 mm de largo y 2–4 mm de ancho, blancos; estambres 18–23. Fruto deprimido-globoso, a veces con papila apical, 2.8–4 cm de largo y 3–5 cm de ancho, verde a amarillo o a veces anaranjado pálido o rojo-anaranjado, corteza 1 mm de grueso y fácilmente desprendible de la pulpa; pulpa dulce y jugosa.

Comúnmente cultivada en todo el país; 20–100 m; fr ago, sep, dic; Guzmán 1069, Robleto 1656; probablemente originaria de la Cochinchina, cultivada en China y Japón, y llegando a Europa en 1805. En la actualidad cultivada en los trópicos y subtrópicos. Según Salter, dos cultivares se encuentran en Nicaragua "Naranjo mandarina" (fruto amarillo o anaranjado pálido) y "Naranjo tangerina" (fruto rojo-anaranjado). Dos híbridos se cultivan en Nicaragua: C. X tangelo J.W. Ingram & H.E. Moore, que se cree es un retrocruce entre C. reticulata y C. X aurantium (Grapefruit Group), tiene el ala del pecíolo angosta y la corteza desprendible de C. reticulata y un fruto con tamaño y dulzor intermedio entre ambos padres; cultivada, Zelaya, 15 m, fr feb, Sandino 4066; cultivada en todos los trópicos y subtrópicos. El otro híbrido es X Citrofortunella microcarpa (Bunge) Wijnands, el cual se cree que es un híbrido entre C. reticulata y posiblemente Fortunella margarita (Lour.) Swingle, y es muy similar a C. reticulata pero tiene un fruto más pequeño (2.5 cm de diámetro, cuando fresco) y una pulpa extremadamente ácida; se dice que es ampliamente cultivado en Nicaragua como árbol ornamental y por sus frutos de los cuales se hace una bebida muy popular. "Mandarina".

J. Ingram y H.E. Moore. Rutaceae. In: Nomenclatural notes for Hortus Third. Baileya 19: 169–171. 1975; D.O. Wijnands. Nomenclatural notes on the calamondrin [Rutaceae]. Baileya 22: 135. 1984.

Slender tree, 4-6 m tall. Spines absent or short. Leaves 6-8 cm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate; petiole narrowly winged. Flowers white, axillary, mostly bisexual. Stamens more or less united into a tube. Fruit oblate or pyriform, 5-8 cm in diameter. Rind bright yellow to orange, tinged red, with sunken oil glands, usually rough and warty; rind easily separable from the pulp vesicles. Axis hollow. Pulp vesicles loosely attached. Pulp orange, sweet or acidic.

Terrícola

Árvore

Trees

Citrus reticulata, the tangerine or mandarin orange, apparently is native to Indo-China. It was not introduced into the New World until the 19th century. It is grown commercially in Chiriqui.

Trees to 8 m high, unarmed. Leaflets oblong elliptic to ovate or obovate, retuse apically, cuneate basally, the margins crenulate and somewhat revolute, 37-72 mm long, 24-48 mm wide; petioles usually slightly winged apically, 6-14 mm long, to 2 mm wide, articulated with the leaflet. Flowers with the peduncles 3-4 mm long; calyx 5-lobed, glandular punctate, ca. 3 mm in diameter, the lobes obtuse, ciliate, ca. 1 mm long; petals 5, white, oblanceolate to oblong, 7-8 mm long, 2-4 mm wide; stamens ca. 20, the filaments connate into several groups, the anthers sagittate; ovary depressed globose, 2 mm in diameter, the style columnar, 3 mm long, the stigma globose, 2 mm in diameter. Fruits depressed globose, green to red, 5-8 cm in diameter, sweet, the peel easily separating from the segments.

Small trees. Branchlets numerous, with few spines. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaf blade lanceolate, elliptic, or broadly ovate, basal articulated part to leaf blade usually narrow or only a remnant, midvein furcate near apex, margin apically obtusely crenulate or rarely entire, apex emarginate. Flowers solitary to 3 in a fascicle. Calyx irregularly 3-5-lobed. Petals usually 1.5 cm or less. Sta-mens 20-25. Style long, slender; stigma clavate. Fruit pale yellow, orange, red, or carmine, oblate to subglobose, smooth or coarse; pericarp very thin to thick, easily removed; sarcocarp with 7-14 segments or rarely more, sweet to acidic and sometimes bitter, with few to many seeds or rarely seedless; pulp vesicles plump, short, rarely slender and long. Seeds usually ovoid, base rounded, apex narrow and acute; embryos numerous, rarely solitary; cotyledons dark green, pale green, or milky white; chalaza purple. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 18, 27, 36.

Fruit depressed-globose, 5–8 cm. in diameter, peel thin and loose, yellow or orange-red; pulp sweet and juicy, orange in colour. A small tree 2–8 m. high, sometimes spiny. Leaflet ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 4–8 cm. long, 1.5–5 cm. broad, margin usually crenate; petiole narrowly winged or margined. Flowers axillary, 15–25 mm. in diameter; petals 5, white; stamens ± 20; ovary 10–15-locular. A small tree 2–8 m. high, sometimes spiny. Leaflet ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 4–8 cm. long, 1.5–5 cm. broad, margin usually crenate; petiole narrowly winged or margined. Flowers axillary, 15–25 mm. in diameter; petals 5, white; stamens ± 20; ovary 10–15-locular.