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Published In: Sylva Telluriana 143. 1838. (Sylva Tellur.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: March-April.
Type: Type: Probably described from Japan.
Distribution: Distribution: Japan & N. China.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Trifoliolate orange is usually cultivated as an ornamental. A hardy plant and quite resistant to cold, it is used as a root stock for grafting other citurs fruits. The summer flower buds are protected by scales through winter and bloom in the spring before the leaves appear. (Bailey, l.c.).
Illustration: Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-7 Peshawar Dist.: Tarnab Farm, Hassan-ud-Din 6572 (RAW).

 

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Deciduous shrub, c. 3.5 m tall. Leaflets sessile, 22-40 x 10-20 mm, obovate to ovate, crenate, often emarginate. Floral buds scaly. Flowers almost sessile, Calyx 5-segmented. Petals 2 mm, obovate, shortly clawed. Stamens 20-23, free. Ovary 6-7-locular. Rind orange, rough, finely pubescent. Pulp greenish, acidic and oily. Seeds glabrous.
 
 
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