Citrus hongheensis

CRC 3797
PI 539672

Source

Received as seed from Prof. Tsuin Shen, Peking Agric. Univ., Peking, China, 1980.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Citrus macrophylla

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown at this time.

Notes and observations

Monoembryonic?

2/20/1988, EMN: Tall, vigorous, upright trees. Foliage like C. ichangensis with petiole about twice the length of the leaf blade. Young foliage tinged light purple. No fruit yet.

11/23/1988, EMN: No fruit yet. Trees are very vigorous, tall and columnar. This cultivar is much more vigorous than C. ichangensis.

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Citrus hongheensis