The tangor (''C. reticulata'' × ''C. sinensis'') is a

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fruit hybrid of the

mandarin orange The mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), also known as the mandarin or mandarine, is a small citrus tree fruit. Treated as a distinct species of orange, it is usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. Tangerines are a group of orange-coloured ...

(''Citrus reticulata'') and the

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(''Citrus sinensis''). The name "tangor" is a formation from the "tang" of tangerine and the "or" of "orange." Also called the temple orange, its thick rind is easy to peel and its bright orange pulp is sour-sweet and full-flavoured.

Varieties

Tangors are purposely bred or accidental hybrids of the sweet orange (''Citrus sinensis'') and the mandarin (''Citrus reticulata''), producing several varieties. * '

Clementine A clementine (''Citrus × clementina'') is a tangor, a citrus fruit hybrid between a willowleaf mandarin orange ( ''C.'' × ''deliciosa'') and a sweet orange (''C. × sinensis''), named in honor of Clément Rodier, a French missionary who fir ...

' ( Willowleaf × unknown sweet orange) (a commercially important cultivar) * 'King' ("

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"; formerly ''Citrus nobilis'') * ' Kuchinotsu No. 37' (Kiyomi x

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) * ' Murcott' ("honey Murcott"; "Murcott honey orange"; "red"; "big red") * 'Ortanique' (originally found in Jamaica, the name comes from the words "orange", "tangerine", and "unique"). In 1939, David Daniel Phillips was recognised by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as the creator of the ortanique. * 'Temple' (Willowleaf × unknown sweet orange) (believed to be the same as the "magnet" variety of Japan) * 'Umatilla' (misnomer "Umatilla tangelo") * 'Pontianak' (originally found in Indonesia, named after a provincial capital) * '

Setoka is a seedless and highly sweet Japanese citrus fruit that is a tangor, a hybrid of the Murcott tangor with " Kuchinotsu No. 37", which in turn is a hybrid of the Kiyomi tangor and a King tangor/ Willowleaf mandarin cross, "Encore No. 2". It was ...

' (Japan, hybrid of Murcott and Kuchinotsu No.37)

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Iyokan The iyokan (伊予柑 - ''Citrus × iyo''), also known as ''anadomikan'' (穴門みかん) and ''Gokaku no Iyokan'', is a Japanese citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a mandarin orange, arising from a cross between the Dancy tangerine and ano ...

' (Miyagawa × unknown sweet orange) * 'Miyauchi Iyo' (early-ripening Iyo mutant) * 'Othani Iyo' (late-ripening Miyauchi mutant) * '

Kiyomi (''Citrus unshiu'' × '' sinensis'') is a Japanese citrus fruit that is a hybrid of a ''Miyagawa Wase'' mikan and an orange. The new breed was the first tangor created in Japan in 1949. It was named Kiyomi after the temple and the lagoon nea ...

' (Miyagawa × Trovita navel orange) * 'Seto' (Sugiyama Unshiu × Trovita navel orange) * '

Reikou is a cultivar of tangor. It is a citrus hybrid of a hybrid of Kiyomi and 'Encore' mandarin, Encore (Kiyomi x encore, Kiyomi–Encore No. 5) and Murcott (fruit), Murcott tangor. Description The fruit can be easily peeled by hand. It has a sugar c ...

' ((Kiyomi x Encore) x (No. 5 x Marcott))

Cultivation regions

Since the 19th and early 20th centuries, tangors have been cultivated in tropical and warm

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world regions, such as southern Japan, Florida,

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islands, South Africa, and Malaysia.

Pests and diseases

The 'Ortanique' variety may be attacked by

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Phyllocoptruta oleivora ''Phyllocoptruta oleivora'', the citrus rust mite, is a serious pest of citrus in most humid regions of the world based on incurred damage and annual cost of control. It infests twigs, leaves, and fruit of all citrus species and varieties, but it ...

'') or various species of

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s and

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Sphaeropsis tumefaciens ''Sphaeropsis tumefaciens'' is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen infecting citruses. References External links Index FungorumUSDA ARS Fungal Database
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'' may cause

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in twigs.

References

External links

Satsuma hybrids

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