Ponkan
Variety of Mandarin Orange · Citrus reticulata
Large, very sweet Asian mandarin with a prominent navel and loose rind.
Also known as: Chinese Honey Orange, Nagpur (verwandt), Batang
9🇮🇳 India 1800
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Citrus reticulata (asiatische Mandarine)
- Breeder
- Alte asiatische Landsorte
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 150 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large fruit often with a navel; loose, easy-peeling rind, very sweet aromatic flesh, some seeds.
Growth
Upright, vigorous tree adapted to warm subtropical climates.
Yield
The leading mandarin of China, Taiwan, Brazil and India.
Notes
Needs warmth for full sweetness; less cold-hardy than satsuma.
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