Citronvariety
Diamante
Diamante citron has a thick rind, firm albedo (pith) and acidic flesh, more tart than many other citrons.
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- high
- Bite
- crisp
How to spot it
- Skin
- Ripe skin colour yellow
- Shape
- oval
- Size
- large
Harvest & storage
- Ripening
- Lemon-yellow at maturity.
Origin & family
Field notes
Original source notes
- acidity
- high · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- size
- largecitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- shape
- ovalcitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- skin colour ripe
- yellowcitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- ripeness cue
- Lemon-yellow at maturity.citrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- texture
- crispcitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
Photos
Shantham11CC BY-SA 4.0 Ripe fruit of Diamante citron (Citrus medica cv. Diamante)