Citrus ichangensis 'ICHANG PAPEDA - IVIA' Swingle
Price:
20 €
Price without VAT:
17,86 €
Availability:
Skladem
Weight:
1.5 kg
- An unspecified variety of ichang papeda. This cultivar should have larger and fragrant fruits.
- This Ichang papeda forms an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to a height of 4.5 m, which is sparsely thorny (almost thornless or has only 5 mm thorns.
- It is hardy to zone 8. The flowers are hermaphroditic, odorless, resembling bells. It prefers medium-heavy soil with a lot of compost, but it must not grow in the shade and must be moist, but not waterlogged.
- The fruits are used similarly to lemons, they are 5-10 cm large but have large seeds of 15 x 8 mm (approx. 10 pcs).
- The taste is reminiscent of grapefruit, it is sour-sweet-bitter. The peel is 0.5 - 1 cm thick.
- Inside is a yellow-green pulp with 12 segments.
- Fruits can be yellow or green depending on the degree of ripeness. They are vertically grooved, mainly in the middle part of the fruit.
- The petiole of the twig consists of a five-parted calyx. The leaves are up to 15 cm long and 4 cm wide.
- In the lower part of the leaf, the stipules are up to 6 cm long and 3 cm wide with a 0.5 long petiole.
- Vination slightly prominent. It has a lemon aroma.