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  Citrus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast Asia.
Citrus fruits are notable for their fragrance, partly due to terpenes contained in the rind, and most are juice-laden.
Citrus trees grown in tubs and wintered under cover were a feature of Renaissance gardens, once glass-making technology enabled sufficient expanses of clear glass to be produced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Citrus   (1258 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Citrus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Minneola tangelo is a citrus fruit hybrid of a grapefruit and a tangerine.
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plant in the Family Rutaceae, comprising trees such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, lime, and tangerine.
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plant in the Family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical Asia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Citrus   (3981 words)

  
 Citrus - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Citrus fruits are notable for their fragrance, and most are juice-laden.
In botanical terms, "The fruit of all Citrus trees, in which the true fruit is the peel, [is] made up of an outer layer, brightly colored and rich in glands, a spongey whitish mesocarp, and a membraneous endocarp surrounding the segments.
Citrus trees grown in tubs and wintered under cover were a feature of Renaissance gardens, once glass-making technology enabled sufficient expances of clear glass to be produced.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Citrus   (605 words)

  
 botany/citrus
Citrus is used as a group name for the fruits of theses plants as well as for certain fruits now classified in groups other than Citrus.
In the Citrus districts of the U.S. it is cultivated as an ornamental tree and is interesting because of its very large fruits.
These are the hardiest of the edible Citrus fruits and succeed 300-400 miles north of the regular Florida citrus belt.
www.botany.com /citrus.html   (3176 words)

  
 Lime (fruit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus hybrids and cultivars which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3-6 cm in diameter, generally containing sour pulp, and frequently associated with the lemon.
In order to prevent scurvy during the 19th century, British sailors were issued a daily allowance of citrus such as lime (presumably Citrus × aurantifolia), giving them the nickname "limey." It was later discovered that this beneficial effect derived from the quantities of Vitamin C the fruit contain.
Citrus: Lemon, Lime, Orange, Tangerine, Grapefruit - Citrus spp.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lime_(Citrus_aurantifolia)   (530 words)

  
 Citrus (Orange, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, Naartjie genus)
The genus Citrus is native to southeast Asia, occurring from northern India to China and south through Malaysia, the East Indies and the Philippines.
Citrus fruits are high in vitamin C, flavonoids, acids and volatile oils.
Many citrus species and varieties are not cultivated for producing fresh edible fruit but are sour and used for other purposes: oil is extracted from freshly open flowers (e.g.
www.museums.org.za /bio/plants/rutaceae/citrus.htm   (1031 words)

  
 A Citrus Mystery: Who’s Who in the Nation’s Largest Citrus Collection?
The citrus genebank—a University of California-Riverside (UCR) resource that is used cooperatively by the ARS repository—has been gathering accessions for almost a century.
That may sound surprising, but it reinforces a long-held theory among citrus experts that there are just a few naturally occurring forms of citrus in the world and that the rest are hybrids of these ancestral forms.
Like outdoor laboratories, citrus preserves allow the timeless interplay between citrus plants and their pesky pests and pathogens to carry on untouched—providing scientists with important glimpses into the plants’ finely tuned, natural defenses.
www.ars.usda.gov /is/AR/archive/jun05/citrus0605.htm   (1140 words)

  
 Manhattan Marmalade—Growing Citrus Indoors For Delicious Preserves
The first time I grew a citrus tree indoors from seed was more than 30-odd years ago (a fact I rarely admit), when my grandparents brought back some freshly picked tree-ripened grapefruit from their annual midwinter pilgrimage to Florida.
The commercially grown citrus trees laden with fruit we observe in California and Florida are always grafted—usually on a distant Citrus cousin, the trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata).
Place a citrus leaf or two in the bottom of each hot sterilized jar, pour in the hot marmalade, and seal according to the jar manufacturer's instructions.
www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/kitchen/2005wi_citrus.html   (872 words)

  
 citruslimonia
Response of citrus (Citrus spp.) rootstock seedlings to soil-applied herbicides.
Occurrence of mealybug Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana, 1902), (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in citrus rootstocks in Lavras, Minas Gerais-Brazil.
Translocation and metabolism of the fungicide metalaxyl in Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia cultivar Cravo) seedlings.
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au /listing/citruslimonia.htm   (1711 words)

  
 Mandarin Lime
1) Rangpur (Citrus X limonia Osbeck) is also called rangpur lime, rungpur, marmalade lime, lemandarin; Canton lemon in southern China, hime lemon in Japan; Japanche citroen in Indonesia; sylhet lime, surkh nimboo and shabati in India; limao cravo in Brazil.
The tree is vigorous, of bushy habit, branched to the ground, but reaching 10 to 20 ft (4.5-6 m) in height; has only a few small thorns and oval to lanceolate leaves; new growth is pale-green; sends up many root sprouts, forming thickets.
It is generally grown from seeds and seedlings may be less thorny and seedy than their parents; can be grafted onto sour orange or other non-sprouting citrus rootstocks to avoid root suckers.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/mandarin_lime.html   (627 words)

  
 Bois de Jasmin: Perfume Reviews and Fragrance Articles :: July 2005
Citrus oils are a result of cold-pressing, apart from lime and yuzu, which lend themselves better to steam distillation.
Bergamot (citrus bergamia) is one of the most popular citrus notes, due to the fact that it is used extensively in a variety of fragrances, from classical eaux de cologne to modern aldehydic perfumes.
Grapefruit (citrus x paradisi) has a bright, crisp scent that is particularly well suited for pairings with bergamot, however it is more frequently employed in its synthetic form, as it breaks down on the skin to form malodorous compounds.
boisdejasmin.typepad.com /_/2005/07/index.html   (8609 words)

  
 PAG-V: P68 - GENETIC VARIATION WITHIN GERMPLASM OF CITRUS ROOTSTOCK (Citrus limonia Osb.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Citrus limonia is used as rootstock in 80 to 90% of brazilians orange tree fields.
limonia will be the main rootstock in brazil for a long while.
limonia clones from the Germplasm Bank 'Sylvio Moreira' - IAC - Cordeiropolis - Brazil”, using RAPD markers, and to assay the genetic distance among the clones and related species.
www.intl-pag.org /5/abstracts/p-3c-68.html   (239 words)

  
 Stefan's Florilegium
Citrus is a large family of fruits which came from China and northern India.
Of them, the Citron (citrus medica) was the first to reach Mediterranean Europe through Persia and Palestine in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. It was grown for its fragrant peel and used for religious and medicinal purposes until the 2nd century A.D., when it began to be grown in Italy, Greece and Corsica.
Lemons (citrus limonia) arrived in the Mediterranean later than previous citrus fruits, around the end of the 1st century A.D. However, the lemon was not used for culinary purposes by the Romans, but rather, only as a curiosity and for decorative garnish (81).
www.florilegium.org /files/FOOD-FRUITS/Period-Fruit-art.html   (7985 words)

  
 Citrus Hystrix Natural Foods Herbs
Citrus hystrix or Kaffir Lime is a tropical citrus famous mostly for its leaves, which are used in...
The Kaffir lime Citrus hystrix DC Rutaceae Rutaceae is a Southeast...
THAI (or Kaffir) LIME (Citrus hystrix) is eloquently aromatic and its knobby...
www.naturalfoodsherbs.com /healthy/Citrus-Hystrix.html   (2882 words)

  
 The Production Of Healthy Citrus Nursery Plants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the past, citrus plants were propagated by budding or grafting.
To reduce disease infestation, growers in Taiwan moved their citrus growing areas from the warm lowlands, where soil was fertile and cultivation was easier, to the colder highlands.
The establishment of citrus nurseries, both government and private, to provide virus-free citrus plants to citrus growers (Fig.
www.agnet.org /library/article/pt2002035.html   (430 words)

  
 Citrus Fruits
Lemons and limes may taste sour but the fruit and juice of all Citrus fruits are safe to feed to birds in moderation.
Irritation to the mouth is unlikely with the concentration of citric acid present in the juice.
Because of the possiblity of an allergic dermatitis, branches of the Citrus species are probably best avoided for perches.
www.exoticbird.com /gillian/citrus.html   (116 words)

  
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Most varieties of oranges and other citrus grown commercially in warm climates are too large to be grown indoors.
During the summer, citrus plants may be placed outside to take advantage of better growing conditions and extra light.
In the wild and in the grove, citrus are pollinated by insects.
www.extension.umn.edu /projects/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h106citrus.html   (698 words)

  
 Citrus Fruit Pictures
Citrus species have been cultivated since ancient times.
This, combined with their ease of hybridization, has resulted in countless varieites and types of citrus.
Citrus classification can be muddled, and there is disagreement on a number of citrus fruits whether or not to differentiate them as unique species or simply varieties of a single species.
www.tradewindsfruit.com /citrus.htm   (91 words)

  
 RFLP ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGIN OF CITRUS BERGAMIA, CITRUS JAMBHIRI, AND CITRUS LIMONIA
Many Citrus taxa are believed to have originated as hybrids between ancestral species.
Seventy-three accessions from 45 Citrus species and twelve accessions from six related genera were examined for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) using 25 probe/enzyme combinations.
limonia was fully accounted for by any of six mandarin species x C.
www.actahort.org /books/535/535_6.htm   (236 words)

  
 What IS a venous orange? - Citrus Forum - GardenWeb
Citrus X limonia can = Citrus (anything in the genus) X Limonia(?).
The book "The Citrus Industry" say of Limonia: The name Limonia was a nomen confusum, derived from two or more entirely discordant elements," which "must be rejected" in accordance with Article 64 of the latest International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature.
Quotes is what they sent to me. The package called it a citrus sinensis, but the website said Venous orange.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/citrus/msg102106167366.html   (401 words)

  
 Sorting Citrus names
The main reasons are that citrus fruits have been grown by man for many centuries.
Swingle W.T. 1943, The Botany of Citrus and its Relatives of the Orange Sub-family.
Swingle W.T. and Reece P.C. 1967, The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives.
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au /Sorting/Citrus_1.html   (1582 words)

  
 Citrus - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plant in the Family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Kumquat - genus Fortunella, not Citrus; forms hybrids with Citrus
This page was last modified 18:21, 5 Dec 2004 by Anonymous user(s) of Indopedia.
www.indopedia.org /Citrus.html   (538 words)

  
 ITIS Standard Report Page: Citrus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Citrus X limonia Osbeck (pro sp.) -- Mandarin lime
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck -- orange, sweet orange
Citrus X tangelo J. Ingram & H. Moore -- tangelo
www.itis.usda.gov:8080 /servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28882   (133 words)

  
 Bouquet of Limes | Rangpur Lime [Citrus limonia] | Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for May 1, 2006
Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for May 1, 2006
We just got this dwarf citrus tree about two weeks ago.
As they fell off it revealed these little limes.
www.billsphotooftheday.com /May_1_2006   (95 words)

  
 The Global Compendium of Weeds: Citrus limonia Osbeck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Global Compendium of Weeds: Citrus limonia Osbeck
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NOTE: for now (until database/website are updated), you must manually search for each data source in the GWC Data Sources document.)
www.hear.org /gcw/html/autogend/species/4761.HTM   (112 words)

  
 First International Citrus Biotechnology Symposium
ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS AND ACC SYNTHASE GENE EXPRESSION IN CITRUS FRUIT
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF CITRUS GERMPLASM CONSERVATION AND ITS EVALUATION BY RAPD ANALYSIS
IDENTIFICATION OF CHITINASE AND β-1,3-GLUCANASE CDNAS FROM CITRUS FRUIT
www.actahort.org /books/535   (590 words)

  
 Citrus
[ Citrullus ] [ Citrus ] [ Cladandra ]
Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Citrus
For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
www.crescentbloom.com /plants/Genus/C/I/Citrus.htm   (93 words)

  
 The Global Compendium of Weeds: Citrus x limonia Osbeck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Global Compendium of Weeds: Citrus x limonia Osbeck
Synonyms/other Latin names: = Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f.
x Citrus reticulata Blanco [most probable combination; see Citrus limonia Osbeck]
www.hear.org /gcw/html/autogend/species/4770.HTM   (158 words)

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