Citrange
{{Short description|Citrus fruit and plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Citrange
|image = Pomological Watercolor POM00006386.jpg
|image_caption = Citrange cultivar 'Willett'
|genus = Citrus
|species = × insitorum
|authority = Mabb.
|synonyms =
- × Citroncirus webberi J.W. Ingram & H.E. Moore 1975
|synonyms_ref = {{citation |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50322165 |title=Tropicos.org |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
}}
The citrange (a portmanteau of citrus and orange) is a citrus hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.
The purpose of this cross was to attempt to create a cold hardy citrus tree (which is the nature of a trifoliate), with delicious fruit like those of the sweet orange. However, citranges are generally bitter.
Citrange is used as a rootstock for citrus in Morocco, but does not prevent dry root rot or exocortis disease.{{cite web|url=http://www.horticom.com/pd/imagenes/54/422/54422.html |title=Current Situatuon of citriculture in Marocco |work=HORTICOM NEWS |author=Ediciones de Horticultura, S.L. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103510/http://www.horticom.com/pd/imagenes/54/422/54422.html |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}
Cultivars
There are several named citrange cultivars,{{citation |chapter-url=http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/trifoliatehybrids.html |chapter= Trifoliate hybrids |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |accessdate=20 November 2016}} including the 'Carrizo' citrange{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/carrizo.html |chapter=Carrizo citrange trifoliate hybid |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |accessdate=20 November 2016}} and the 'Troyer' citrange.{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/troyer.html |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |chapter=Troyer citrange |accessdate=20 November 2016}} Both resulted from a hybrid between the trifoliate orange and the Washington navel orange. There is also a cultivar called 'Rusk' which resulted from a cross between a Ruby orange and a trifoliate orange.[http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#trifoliate The Citrus Industry Book, Volume I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205061009/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html |date=2012-02-05 }}{{citation |chapter-url=http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/rusk_1441.html |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |chapter=Rusk citrange (CRC 1441) |accessdate=20 November 2016}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060512071702/http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/citranges.htm Citrange photos]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211137/https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca911p11-59078.pdf Lemon on Troyer Citrange Root; bud-union and rootstock disorder of Troyer citrange with Eureka lemon tops under study in effort to identify cause]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150301045458/http://chislettnavel.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TroyerCarrizo+4-03.pdf The Citrange Story]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24317433 Citrange fruit extracts alleviate obesity-associated metabolic disorder in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mouse.]
- [https://archive.today/20141214180024/http://genomea.asm.org/content/2/1/e01063-13.abstract Population of Endogenous Pararetrovirus Genomes in Carrizo Citrange]
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