I am now convinced it is Citrus x microcarpa https://www.gardenia.net/plant/citrus-microcarpa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamansi and not Citrus japonica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat
On Friday, December 26, 2025 at 5:55:46 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > It would be interesting to know whether this plant is round Kumquat > (Citrus japonica Lour.) or Calamondin, Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa > Bunge). > eFlora of Pakistan treats Citrus microcarpa Bunge as synonym of C. > madurensis Lour, with fruits 30 x 27 mm. eFlora of China however, treats C. > madurensis Lour. as synonym of C. japonica Thunb. (also followed by POWO) > but records fruit size 9-10 mm. > In our plant fruits are mostly 25 to 40 mm in size. > Please help in resolving. The tree is still is fruit, so I can verify any > feature. > > On Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:10:09 AM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> one more image >> >> On Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:09:28 AM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >>> One more image >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 8:04:22 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Some more images >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Citrus japonica* Thunb., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, >>>>> 3: 208 (1780) >>>>> Syn: *Citrus madurensis* Lour., *Citrus x aurantium subsp. japonica >>>>> *(Thunb.) >>>>> Engl. >>>>> Common Name: Round Kumquat, >>>>> Small shrub or small tree barely 2-3 m tall. Leaves with very >>>>> narrowly winged petiole less than 1 cm long, obovate, elliptic to broadly >>>>> ovate, obtuse with crenulate margin. Flower usually solitary or up to 3 >>>>> in >>>>> a fascicle, subsessile, petals about 5 mm long, fruit usually less than 3 >>>>> cm, globose with thin rind, 4-6 chambered, orange yellow when ripe. >>>>> Clicked from Vikas Puri, Delhi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>> https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/9f5ad1c0-cf6d-472c-81ce-bc4c74d3e722n%40googlegroups.com.
