Citronvariety
Papuan
Papuan citron has small, strongly pointed, very sour fruit; though its flowers suggested a hybrid, genetic markers point to it being a true citron.
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- low
- Juiciness
- juicy
How to spot it
- Flesh
- yellow
- Shape
- round
- Size
- small
Origin & family
Field notes
Original source notes
- size
- small · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- shape
- round · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- flesh colour
- yellow · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- texture
- juicy · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- sweetness
- low · Californiacitrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
ucr profile observations
- scope
- Collection source observation, not independently confirmed global cultivar identity
- summary
- Papuan citron has small, strongly pointed, very sour fruit in Riverside observations. Although floral appearance suggested hybridity, the profile reports marker evidence favoring citron identity; neither inference creates a known parental cross.
- source url
- citrusvariety.ucr.edu ↗
- accession id
- accession:ucr-crc-3532