Papeda (citrus)
Hardy citrus group with unpalatable fruit, ancestral to many hybrids.
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They are believed, based on molecular studies, to be among the ancestors of most hybrid citrus species.[1] Papeda species are not widely grown for commerce because they develop slowly and yield fruit that is more bitter and less tasty compared to other citrus types.[2]
Quick Facts
- Common name
- Papeda (papaeda)
- Native region
- tropical Asia
- Subgenus proposed by
- Walter Tennyson Swingle
- Recognized species count
- 4
- Known for
- ancestors of most hybrid citrus species; used in rootstocking and breeding
- Taxonomic status
- polyphyletic group, not a valid taxonomic grouping
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Key facts and history
A number of hybrids exist between papedas and the subgenus Citrus, including yuzu, sudachi, ichang lemon, hyuganatsu, and kabosu.[3] The Key lime is a hybrid between a papeda (micrantha) and a citron.[1] Sudachi is an acid citrus that arose as a chance seedling in the Tokushima Prefecture of Japan.[4] Sudachi bears small fruit weighing 20-25 g and is traditionally grown in Tokushima Prefecture.[4]
Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden currently list four papeda species: Citrus cavaleriei, Citrus halimii, Citrus latipes, and Citrus hystrix.[5] Ichang papeda finds use in landscaping, whereas other papeda species are utilized as rootstocks and as genetic material for creating hybrids that resist disease and tolerate frost.[2] In Asian cooking, the peel or foliage of certain papedas provides flavoring.[2] From 2003 through 2007, during September and October, the UCR Citrus Variety Collection at Riverside, Calif. conducted formal evaluations of its fruit.[4]
What the cited sources add
That same source notes sudachi has good resistance to citrus canker and gummosis, and is highly resistant to citrus root borer.[4] Sudachi is commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Papeda (citrus)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "International Citrus Genomics Consortium", University of California (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Papeda (citrus)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jacob, "Citrus Fruits", Oxford Book Company, 30 June 2014, p. 48– (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Papeda (citrus)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Yuzu ichandrin (papeda hybrid). Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka. Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata var. austere", Citrusvariety.ucr.edu; "Sudachi ichandrin (papeda hybrid). Citrus sudachi Hort. ex Shirai. Citrus cavaleriei x C. reticulata var. austere", Citrusvariety.ucr.edu (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Sudachi ichandrin (papeda hybrid). Citrus sudachi Hort. ex Shirai. Citrus cavaleriei x C. reticulata var. austere", Citrusvariety.ucr.edu. facts only, no text reused. citrusvariety.ucr.edu
- Wikipedia, "Papeda (citrus)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Search results — the Plant List" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Papeda (citrus) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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