Citrus crassifolia
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Citrus crassifolia, the Meiwa kumquat, is a species of kumquat;[1] a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. It was first described by the American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1915 as Fortunella crassifolia.[2]
Initially, C. crassifolia was described as a synonym of Citrus japonica.[3] However, recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. crassifolia is a single 'true' species.[1][2][4]
C. crassifolia was brought to Japan from China at the end of the 19th century. It is a hybrid of Nagami (Citrus margarita) and Marumi (Citrus japonica). It has seedy oval fruits and thick leaves and was characterized as a different species by Swingle.[2] Its fruit is typically eaten skin and all.[5]
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