Citrus crassifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Citrus |
Species: | C. crassifolia
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Binomial name | |
Citrus crassifolia | |
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Citrus crassifolia, the Meiwa kumquat, is a species of kumquat; [2] a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. It was first described by the American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1915 as Fortunella crassifolia. [1]
Initially, C. crassifolia was described as a synonym of Citrus japonica. [3] Howerver, recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. crassifolia is a single 'true' species. [2] [1] [4]
C. crassifolia was brought to Japan from China at the end of the 19th century. It is a hybrid of Nagami and Marumi. It has seedy oval fruits and thick leaves and was characterized as a different species by Swingle. [1] Its fruit is typically eaten skin and all. [5]