One more confirmation Today Dr Vijay Sulladmath Retired Principal Scientist, Fruit Crops, identified it as Citrus x mitis Blanco Luckily for me, it is synonym of C. x microcarpa according to POWO
On Friday, December 26, 2025 at 8:36:04 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > 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/89cab031-2b8c-4a05-95f1-a7492b9a66ecn%40googlegroups.com.
