| Nanfengmiju | |
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| Genus | Citrus |
| Species | Citrus reticulata |
| Cultivar | Nanfengmiju |
| Nanfengmiju | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 南豐蜜桔 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南丰蜜桔 | ||||||||
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The Nanfengmiju (Citrus reticulata 'Nanfengmiju' [1] ) is a rare non-hybrid citrus. [2]
A small,sweet fruit,it is one of the most widely cultivated varieties of mandarin orange in China. [3] It is thought to be a descendant of the Tang and Song dynasty ruju,and related to the Japanese kishu,which is now also grown and sold in North America. [3] Genetically,it is identical to the kishu. [4]
