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Accession Data:

Citrus reticulata Clementine de Nules Blanco

  • Common Name: Clementine Orange, Mandarin
  • Family: Rutaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: thought to have evolved in Vietnam, southern China, and Japan

  • Description: The clementine orange, a mandarin variety, is particularly attractive because the fruit is produced in the winter months. And of the clementines, Clementine de Nules is one of the best with its sweet, juicy, and seedless red-orange fruit. Trees, with their long, densely held, pointed leaves, are vigorous but easily kept pruned to bush size.2

    It is named for the Valencian town where it was first bred in 1953; it is the most popular variety of Clementine grown in Spain.3

  • Culture: Best with plenty of sun and water. Though the trees themselves are somewhat drought tolerant, they produce better fruit if kept watered. Where temperatures dip below freezing, USDA zone 10, best protected in winter.2
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400191
  • Source: Cistus Nursery
  • Accession Date: 10-02-2014
  • Bench: 1213 - AUS:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • SubFamily: Aurantioideae
  • Tribe: Citreae
  • SubTribe: Citrinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  2. Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  3. Citrus Variety Database at University of California Riverside. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  4. Mandarin Orange at Wikipedia. Accessed 15 June 2015.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:07:54 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Rutaceae

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Aurantieae

  • Merrilliinae: Murraya koenigii
  • Merrilliinae: Murraya paniculata

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Citreae

  • Citrinae: Citropsis daweana
  • Citrinae: Citrus aurantiifolia
  • Citrinae: Citrus japonica Nagami
  • Citrinae: Citrus junos
  • Citrinae: Citrus x limon
  • Citrinae: Citrus medica
  • Citrinae: Citrus x pyriformis
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata Clementine de Nules
  • Citrinae: Citrus trifoliata
  • Triphasiinae: Triphasia trifolia

Subfamily Rutoideae
Tribe Ruteae

  • Ruta graveolens

Subfamily Spathelioideae

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Subfamily Toddalioideae

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  • Zanthoxylum simulans
W/C = Wild Collected
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