hyuganatsu
{{Short description|Citrus fruit and plant}}
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{{Taxobox
|name = Hyūganatsu
|image = Hyuganatsu_2.jpg
|image_width = 240px
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Sapindales
|familia = Rutaceae
|genus = Citrus
|species = C. tamurana
|binomial = Citrus tamurana
|binomial_authority = Hort. ex Tanaka
|}}
Hyuganatsu (Citrus tamurana, Japanese: 日向夏) is a citrus fruit and plant grown in Japan. The name comes from Hyūga, the ancient name of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu, where the citrus is said to have originated, while {{Nihongo|"natsu"|夏}} means summer. Hyūganatsu grown outside Kyushu are sometimes shipped under different names such as {{Nihongo|Konatsu|小夏}}, {{Nihongo|Tosakonatsu|土佐小夏}}, or {{Nihongo|New Summer Orange|ニューサマーオレンジ}}.
Origin
A hyūganatsu sapling was said to have been found in a Miyazaki garden sometime in the 1820s, after which it became widely cultivated throughout the region. It is theorized to be either a mutated yuzu or perhaps more likely, a chance hybrid between yuzu and pomelo.{{cite journal|last=Willard Hodgson|first=Robert|title=Horticultural Varieties of Citrus|journal=The Citrus Industry|year=1967|volume=1|url=http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#pummelos|access-date=15 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205061009/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#pummelos|archive-date=5 February 2012}}
Description
The fruit is of medium size and its shape is round to slightly oblong. When ripe, it turns a light yellow. Its flesh is juicy and sweet with a slightly sour taste. It is usually eaten cut up, sprinkled with sugar and with most of its rather thick pith intact.{{Cn|date=January 2021}}
The fruit's oil is higher than other citrus fruits in trans-β-farnesene, l-carvone, and has a higher number of ketones.{{cite journal|last=Choi|first=Hyang-Sook|author2=Sawamura, Masayoshi|title=Composition of the Essential Oil of Hort. ex Tanaka (Hyuganatsu)|journal=Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry|date=1 October 2000|volume=48|issue=10|pages=4868–4873|doi=10.1021/jf000651e|pmid=11052747}}
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See also
Notes
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References
- [http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/tamurana.html Hyuga Natsu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701122039/https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/tamurana.html |date=1 July 2019 }} at Citrus Variety Collection
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22313757 Hyuganatsu orange (Citrus tamurana Hort. Ex Tanaka) contains a water soluble substance that suppresses bone loss in ovariectomized rats.]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11999424 Effects of storage conditions on the composition of Citrus tamurana Hort. ex Tanaka (hyuganatsu) essential oil]
External links
{{Commons category|Hyuganatsu}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141221093502/http://myokinawakitchen.com/?p=2289 The Flying Kitchen]
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