Japanese name: タンジェリン Scientific name:Citrus reticulata
[Overview]
An evergreen shrub grown as a fruit tree.
Taxonomically, mandarin is the same species, and the two are distinguished by the color of the peel.
The alternate leaves look simple, but they are degenerated compound leaves, with entire margins and narrow wings.
The flowers are white with 5 petals.
Many stamens are fused up to the middle of the filaments, forming a staminal tube.
The fruit ripens orange to red in autumn to winter.
The peel is thin and can be removed by hand.
[Uses]
The flesh has little sourness and is very sweet, so it can be eaten raw.
[Cultivation]
It is a food plant of swallowtail butterflies.
