The citrange (a
portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. 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
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
, but does not prevent dry root rot or
exocortis disease.
Cultivars
There are several named citrange
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
s, including the 'Carrizo' citrange and the 'Troyer' citrange. 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.
See also
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Citrangequat
*
List of citrus diseases
*
University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection
References
External links
Citrange photosLemon on Troyer Citrange Root; bud-union and rootstock disorder of Troyer citrange with Eureka lemon tops under study in effort to identify causeThe Citrange StoryCitrange fruit extracts alleviate obesity-associated metabolic disorder in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mouse.Population of Endogenous Pararetrovirus Genomes in Carrizo Citrange
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Citrus
Citrus hybrids
Oranges (fruit)