Citrus clementina, Clementine

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Viridiplantae - Streptophyta - Streptophytina - Embryophyta - Tracheophyta - Euphyllophyta - Spermatophyta - Magnoliophyta - eudicotyledons - core eudicotyledons - rosids - eurosids II - Sapindales - Rutaceae - Citrus - Citrus clementina

Brief facts

• Citrus clementina is a compact evegreen tree, usually grown commercially in Morocco, Spain and Italy. It is characterized by small flowers and medium-small to medium fruits.
• The fruit of Citrus clementina belongs to a group of citrus fruits collectively known as mandarins.
• One of he distinctive features of the Clementine variety is its low total heat requirement for fruit maturity. However, the seedless fruit are sensitive to unfavorable conditions during the flowering and fruit-setting period.  In regions of high total heat, the Clementine matures very early and produces sizable and delicious fruits. Clementine is without doubt the best early variety in the Mediterranean basin, particularly in North Africa, and is highly promising in other regions of similar climate.

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Developmental stages, life cycle

Life Cycle Stages

• seed stage MeSH
  • dormant seed
  • germinating seed MeSH
• seedling MeSH young tree up to 3 years old and/or up to 1 m tall
• sapling from 3 to up to 10 years old tree
• mature
  • flowering
  • fruit set
  • ripening
    • green fruit
      • mature green fruit
    • breaker stage
    • ripe

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References

PubMed articles

• Garcia-Luis A et al. Dry matter accumulation in citrus fruit is not limited by transport capacity of the pedicel. Ann Bot (Lond). 2002 Dec;90(6):755-64. PMID: 12451031

Websites

• Genoscope: Citrus clementina
• GRIN: Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka
• Horticultural Varieties of Citrus by Hodgson RW, 1967

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