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The daidai (Japanese: 橙, 臭 橙; Chinese: 酸 橙; Korean: 광귤, gwanggyul) is a variety of bitter orange native to Asian regions. The daidai originated in the Himalayas. It spread to the Yangtze valley region and later to Japan. The colour of the fruit loses its yellowish hue and becomes greener in the spring.
Tachibana Unshū Iyokan Dekopon (Hallabong, Sumo Citrus). Japanese citrus fruits were first mentioned in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, compiled in the 700s, and the Man'yōshū and Kokin Wakashū, poetry anthologies compiled in the 700s and 900s, mention the Tachibana orange as a subject of waka poetry and describe its use as a medicinal, ornamental, and incense plant.
The iyokan (伊予柑 - Citrus × iyo), also known as anadomikan (穴門みかん) and Gokaku no Iyokan, [1] is a Japanese citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a mandarin orange, with Dancy as the pollen parent and Kaikokan as the seed parent. [2] It is the second most widely produced citrus fruit in Japan after the satsuma mandarin (Citrus ...
Dekopon (デコポン) is a seedless and sweet variety of satsuma orange. It is a hybrid between Kiyomi and ponkan (Nakano no. 3), developed in Japan in 1972. [1] [2] Originally a brand name, "Dekopon" has become a genericized trademark and it is used to refer to all brands of the fruit; the generic name is shiranuhi or shiranui (不知火).
Hassaku tree is vigorous, upright, virtually thornless. The leaves are broad and pummelo-like, but petiole wings are narrower, approaching sweet orange. [6] Hassaku fruit is medium to large (9-10 cm in diameter) and slightly oblate; seedy and monoembryonic. The skin color is orange-yellow; moderately thick; slightly grainy.
A sweet orange (largest), another variety of mikan, or mandarin orange (middling), and a kishu mikan (smallest). The kishu mikan (Citrus kinokuni ex Tanaka), from Japanese Kishū mikan (紀州蜜柑), is a hybrid variety of mikan, or mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), found in Southern China and also grown in Japan.
Kiyomi (清見, kiyomi) (Citrus unshiu × sinensis) is a Japanese citrus fruit that is a hybrid of a Miyagawa Wase mikan and an orange. [1] The new breed was the first tangor created in Japan in 1949.
Hyuganatsu (Citrus tamurana, Japanese: 日向夏) is a citrus fruit and plant grown in Japan. The name comes from Hyūga, the ancient name of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu, where the citrus is said to have originated, while "natsu" (夏) means summer.