mandarinquat
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The mandarinquat, also misleadingly called orangequat, is any cross between a mandarin and a kumquat (Citrus crassifolia). Mandarinquats are members of the citrofortunella group.
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The mandarinquat, also misleadingly called orangequat, is any cross between a mandarin and a kumquat (Citrus crassifolia). Mandarinquats are members of the citrofortunella group.
The variety Nippon orangequat was first introduced in 1932 by Dr. Eugene May of the USDA as a hybrid between the Meiwa kumquat and the Satsuma mandarin. A second variety, the Indio mandarinquat, was discovered as an open-pollinated seedling from a Nagami kumquat with an unknown pollen parent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mandarinquat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.