Tuningmeng Rangpur lime (CRC 4139)

Citrus limonia Osbeck

CRC 4139

Source

Received as seed from Citrus Research Inst., Beibei, Chongging, PR China, 1998.

Parentage/origin

Collected from the Citrus Research Institute in Beibei, Chongqing, PR China.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown at this time.

Notes and observations

Also called Bainingmeng. It is probably a hybrid between lemon and mandarin and similar to Hongningmeng and Kusaie lime. 'Tuningmeng' is a wild species native to Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan used as a rootstock. But it may not [sic] the wild C. limonia collected in Jianshui, Yunnan which was sent to you in 1995." (from donor's notes) (RR Krueger, 01/30/2010)