Chinese Glycosmis

Synonyms

Glycosmis cochinchinensis (Lour.) Pierre (sec. Swingle and Reece 1967)

Cultivar or taxon

Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC. (sec. Swingle and Reece 1967, Bayer et al. 2009; sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002)

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface pubescent; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole pubescent, length short, wings absent. Leaflets three or five to seven, margins entire, rachis wings absent, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets spicy or peppery. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad, rind red or pink, rind texture smooth (1-3), firmness membranous, navel absent, flesh red/purplish-tinged.

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.

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)

           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)

             First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

             First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)

           Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA)

Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA)

             Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

             Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

           Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

             Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)

           Petiole (Riverside, CA)

Petiole (Riverside, CA)

             Compound leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

Compound leaf (Winter Haven, FL)

           Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

           Leaflet (Riverside, CA)

Leaflet (Riverside, CA)

             Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

           Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

Leaflet (Winter Haven, FL)

           Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

           Shade leaves (Riverside, CA)

Shade leaves (Riverside, CA)

           Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)

           Sun leaves (Riverside, CA)

Sun leaves (Riverside, CA)

             Flower (Riverside, CA)

Flower (Riverside, CA)

           Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit (Winter Haven, FL)

Fruit (Winter Haven, FL)

             Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit (Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit cross-section (Riverside, CA)

Fruit cross-section (Riverside, CA)

             Fruit cross-section (Winter Haven, FL)

Fruit cross-section (Winter Haven, FL)