Carte Noire

Synonyms

2000, Bekria, Bruno, Carte Noir, MA 1, SRA 2000 (sec. Cottin 2002)

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus reticulata Blanco [Clementine Group] (sensu Mabberley 1997); Citrus reticulata Blanco (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967); Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka (sensu Hodgson 1967; 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 narrow, adjoining the blade. Leaflets one, margin bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets mandarin-like. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad; rind yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13); rind texture smooth (1-3); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange; taste acidic-sweet.

References

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

Hodgson, R.W. 1967. Horticultural varieties of Citrus. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry, rev. University of California Press. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html.

Mabberley, D.J. 1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7: 167–172.

Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.

Resources

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

 

             Habit (Riverside, CA)

Habit (Riverside, CA)

             Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA)

Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA)

           Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA)

Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA)

             Margin (Riverside, CA)

Margin (Riverside, CA)

             Shade leaves (Riverside, CA)

Shade leaves (Riverside, CA)

             Sun leaves (Riverside, CA)

Sun leaves (Riverside, CA)

             Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

Immature fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit cross-section (Riverside, CA)

Fruit cross-section (Riverside, CA)