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Kumquat

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Kumquats (or cumquats in Australian English,; Citrus japonica) are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. [1]

83 relations: Aldehyde, Alpha-Pinene, Asia-Pacific, Australian English, Award of Garden Merit, Bonsai, Calamondin, Cantonese, Carbonyl group, Carl Peter Thunberg, Carvone, Caryophyllene, China, Chinese New Year, Citrange, Citrangequat, Citrofortunella, Citronellal, Citrus, Citrus junos, Citrus rootstock, Citrus taxonomy, Citrus unshiu, Cold-hardy citrus, Corfu, Cultivar, Cutting (plant), Dade City, Florida, Essential oil, Ester, Europe, Evergreen, Flower, Flowering plant, Fruit, Greece, Hardiness (plants), Houseplant, Humulene, Hydroponics, India, Japan, Ketone, Key lime, Kumquat Festival, Kumquat production in China, Layering, Leaf, Limequat, Limonene, ..., Liqueur, Loquat, Mandarin orange, Meyer lemon, Monoterpene, Mutation, Nerol, North America, Olive, Orange (fruit), Orangequat, Philippines, Plant hormone, Procimequat, Robert Fortune, Royal Horticultural Society, Rutaceae, Sensu, Sesquiterpene, Shrub, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Su Shi, Sunquat, Taiwan, Thorns, spines, and prickles, Tree, United Kingdom, University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection, Variegation, Vegetative reproduction, Yuzuquat, 2-Methylundecanal. Expand index (33 more) »

Aldehyde

An aldehyde or alkanal is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group, which is any generic alkyl or side chain.

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Alpha-Pinene

α-Pinene is an organic compound of the terpene class, one of two isomers of pinene.

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Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific (abbreviated as APAC, Asia-Pac, AsPac, APJ, JAPA or JAPAC) is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Australian English

Australian English (AuE, en-AU) is a major variety of the English language, used throughout Australia.

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Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Bonsai

(tray planting) is a Japanese art form using cultivation techniques to produce small trees in containers that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees.

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Calamondin

Calamondin (Citrus microcarpa, × Citrofortunella microcarpa or × Citrofortunella mitis) is an important citrofortunella, meaning that it is an intergeneric hybrid between a member of the genus Citrus (in this case probably the mandarin orange) and the kumquat, formerly considered as belonging to a separate genus Fortunella.

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Cantonese

The Cantonese language is a variety of Chinese spoken in the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding area in southeastern China.

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Carbonyl group

In organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom: C.

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Carl Peter Thunberg

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.

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Carvone

Carvone is a member of a family of chemicals called terpenoids.

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Caryophyllene

Caryophyllene, or (&minus)-β-caryophyllene, is a natural bicyclic sesquiterpene that is a constituent of many essential oils, especially clove oil, the oil from the stems and flowers of Syzygium aromaticum (cloves), the essential oil of Cannabis sativa, rosemary, and hops.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, usually known as the Spring Festival in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

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Citrange

The citrange is a citrus hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.

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Citrangequat

The citrangequat is a trigeneric citrus hybrid of a citrange and a kumquat, developed by Dr. Walter Swingle at Eustis, Florida, in 1909.

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Citrofortunella

Citrofortunella are a large group of commercial hybrids that cross the kumquat with other citrus.

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Citronellal

Citronellal or rhodinal or 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-1-al (C10H18O) is a monoterpenoid, the main component in the mixture of terpenoid chemical compounds that give citronella oil its distinctive lemon scent.

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Citrus

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae.

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Citrus junos

Citrus junos or yuzu (from Japanese ユズ) (or more precisely, Citrus × junos) is a citrus fruit and plant in the family Rutaceae.

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Citrus rootstock

Citrus rootstock refers to selected plants within the genus citrus, that furnish as rootstock for other citrus plants.

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Citrus taxonomy

Citrus taxonomy refers to the botanical classification of the species, varieties, cultivars, and graft hybrids within the genus Citrus and related genera, found in cultivation and in the wild.

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Citrus unshiu

Citrus unshiu is a seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as unshu mikan, cold hardy mandarin, satsuma mandarin, satsuma orange, and tangerine.

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Cold-hardy citrus

Cold-hardy citrus is citrus with increased frost tolerance and which may be cultivated far beyond traditional citrus growing regions.

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Corfu

Corfu or Kerkyra (translit,; translit,; Corcyra; Corfù) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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Cultivar

The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.

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Cutting (plant)

A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation.

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Dade City, Florida

Dade City is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States.

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Essential oil

An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (defined as "the tendency of a substance to vaporize") aroma compounds from plants.

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Ester

In chemistry, an ester is a chemical compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one –OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an –O–alkyl (alkoxy) group.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Greece

No description.

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Hardiness (plants)

Hardiness of plants describes their ability to survive adverse growing conditions.

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Houseplant

A houseplant is a plant that is grown indoors in places such as residences and offices.

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Humulene

Humulene, also known as α-humulene or α-caryophyllene, is a naturally occurring monocyclic sesquiterpene (C15H24), containing an 11-membered ring and consisting of 3 isoprene units containing three nonconjugated C.

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Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Ketone

In chemistry, a ketone (alkanone) is an organic compound with the structure RC(.

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Key lime

The Key lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia) is a citrus hybrid (C. micrantha x C. medica) with a spherical fruit, in diameter, that is yellow when ripe but usually picked green commercially.

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Kumquat Festival

The Kumquat Festival is an annual celebration held in late January in Dade City, Florida focused on the kumquat, a small tart citrus fruit usually eaten whole, with the skin on, and used in marmalades and desserts.

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Kumquat production in China

China is one of the world's leading producers of kumquats.

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Layering

Layering has evolved as a common means of vegetative propagation of numerous species in natural environments.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Limequat

The limequat is a citrofortunella hybrid that is the result of a cross between the key lime and the kumquat, hybridized by Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1909.

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Limonene

Limonene is a clear, colorless liquid hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the oil of citrus fruit peels.

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Liqueur

A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has been flavored with either fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts, and is bottled with added sugars and other sweeteners (such as high-fructose corn syrup).

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Loquat

The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) (from Taishanese j, nowadays called j) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, a native to the cooler hill regions of China to south-central China.

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Mandarin orange

The mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata;; 桔, jyutping: gat1), also known as the mandarin or mandarine, is a small citrus tree with fruit resembling other oranges, usually eaten plain or in fruit salads.

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Meyer lemon

Citrus × meyeri, the Meyer lemon, is a hybrid citrus fruit native to China.

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Monoterpene

Monoterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of two isoprene units and have the molecular formula C10H16.

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Mutation

In biology, a mutation is the permanent alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements.

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Nerol

Nerol is a monoterpene found in many essential oils such as lemongrass and hops.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Olive

The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion.

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Orange (fruit)

The orange is the fruit of the citrus species ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' in the family Rutaceae.

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Orangequat

The Nippon orangequat is a cross between a Satsuma mandarin and a Meiwa kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia), hybridized by Dr.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Plant hormone

Plant hormones (also known as phytohormones) are chemicals that regulate plant growth.

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Procimequat

Procimequat is a triploid citrus hybrid or transgeneric hybrid, in which the Limequat that itself is a cross between lime and a round kumquat, was backcrossed with a kumquat-like fruit, named Fortunella hindsii.

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Robert Fortune

Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for stealing tea plants from China on behalf of the British East India Company.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Rutaceae

The Rutaceae are a family, commonly known as the rue in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.

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Sensu

Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".

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Sesquiterpene

Sesquiterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of three isoprene units and often have the molecular formula C15H24.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Su Shi

Su Shi (8January103724August1101), also known as Su Dongpo, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of the Song dynasty.

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Sunquat

A sunquat, also known as lemonquat or lemondrop, is a variety of citrus fruit, having an edible rind.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Thorns, spines, and prickles

In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from eating the plant material.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection

The UCR Citrus Variety Collection (CVC) is one of the most important collections of citrus diversity in the world.

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Variegation

Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and sometimes the stems, of plants.

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Vegetative reproduction

Vegetative reproduction (also known as vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication or vegetative cloning) is any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant or grows from a specialized reproductive structure.

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Yuzuquat

A yuzuquat is a trigeneric hybrid between a Yuzu lemon and 'Nagami' kumquat, developed by Dr.

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2-Methylundecanal

2-Methylundecanal is an organic compound that is found naturally in kumquat peel oil.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat

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