Brown River Finger

Synonyms

None

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus wintersii Mabb. (sensu Bayer et al. 2009); Microcitrus papuana Winters (sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002)

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns straight; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length short, wings absent. Leaflets one, margin bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades flat or weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Leaflets not scented when crushed. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad; medium green (4), light green with some break to yellow (5), or green-yellow (6); rind texture medium rough (6-7); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh green/greenish.

References

Bayer, R.J., D.J. Mabberley, C. Morton, C.H. Miller, I.K. Sharma, B.E. Pfeil, S. Rich, R. Hitchcock, and S. Sykes. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 96: 668–685.

Cottin, R. 2002. Citrus of the World: A citrus directory. Version 2.0. France: SRA INRA-CIRAD.

Resources

Search for this cultivar in NCBI Entrez or NCBI Nucleotide

Additional information on this cultivar at University of California: Riverside Citrus Variety Collection

             Habit (Winter Haven, FL)

Habit (Winter Haven, FL)

             Bark (Riverside, CA)

Bark (Riverside, CA)

             Bark (Winter Haven, FL)

Bark (Winter Haven, FL)

             First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

             Second - third year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

Second - third year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

             Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

           Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

           Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

             Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA)

Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA)

           Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

             Leaves (Riverside, CA)

Leaves (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit cross-section (© UCR CVC)

Fruit cross-section (© UCR CVC)