Citrus × deliciosa


Citrus × deliciosa is a citrus hybrid mandarin orange with just under 6 % pomelo ancestry. It is related to the ponkan.
It has been widely grown around the Mediterranean since it appeared in Italy, but was not found in the orient until it was exported there. It is one of the most commercially important citrus. Its sweet fruit is eaten, its rind oil is used to flavour food and drinks, and petitgrain oil is extracted from the pruned leaves. Its flowers are also rich in essential oils.

Cultivars

Hybrid descendants

the Citrus × deliciosa is a parent of some hybrid cultivars like: