# Tangor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tangor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tangor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangor > Source revision: 1323425745 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Short description|Citrus fruit cross between mandarin and sweet orange}} {{more citations|date=October 2020}} {{Hybridbox |name = Tangor |image = Photo ortanique.JPG |image_caption = Ortanique |genus = Citrus |species1 = reticulata |link1 = Mandarin orange |species2 = sinensis |link2 = Citrus × sinensis }} The '''tangor''' (''C. reticulata'' × ''C. sinensis'') is a [citrus](/source/citrus) fruit hybrid of the [mandarin orange](/source/mandarin_orange) (''Citrus reticulata'') and the [sweet orange](/source/sweet_orange) (''Citrus sinensis'').{{Cite web|title=Tangor. In: Fruits of Warm Climates|pages=145–146|year=1987|author=Julia F. Morton|url=https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/tangor.html|access-date=22 October 2020|publisher=NewCROP, New Crop Resource Online Program, Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University}} The name "tangor" is a formation from the "tang" of [tangerine](/source/tangerine) and the "or" of "orange." Also called the '''temple orange''', its thick rind is easy to peel and its bright orange pulp is sour-sweet and full-flavoured. The name "temple orange" is taken from the name of citrus magnate [William Chase Temple](/source/William_Chase_Temple).{{Cite web |title=Golden Personalities: Notable People of Rollins and Winter Park |url=https://rollins.pressbooks.pub/golden/chapter/t/ |access-date=August 22, 2025 |website=Rollins Digital Press}} ==Varieties== {{see also|Mandarin orange#Varieties}} Tangors are purposely bred or accidental hybrids of the sweet orange (''Citrus sinensis'') and the mandarin (''Citrus reticulata''), producing several varieties. * '[Clementine](/source/Clementine)' ([Willowleaf](/source/Citrus_%C3%97_deliciosa) × unknown sweet orange){{cite journal |last1=Shimizu |first1=Tokurou |last2=Kitajima |first2=Akira |last3=Nonaka |first3=Keisuke |last4=Yoshioka |first4=Terutaka |last5=Ohta |first5=Satoshi |last6=Goto |first6=Shingo |last7=Toyoda |first7=Atsushi |last8=Fujiyama |first8=Asao |last9=Mochizuki |first9=Takako |last10=Nagasaki |first10=Hideki |last11=Kaminuma |first11=Eli |last12=Nakamura |first12=Yasukazu |title=Hybrid Origins of Citrus Varieties Inferred from DNA Marker Analysis of Nuclear and Organelle Genomes |journal=PLOS ONE |date=30 November 2016 |volume=11 |issue=11 |article-number=e0166969 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0166969 |pmid=27902727 |pmc=5130255 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1166969S |doi-access=free }} (a commercially important cultivar) * 'King' ("[King of Siam](/source/Cam_s%C3%A0nh)"; formerly ''Citrus nobilis'') * '[Tsunonozomi](/source/Tsunonozomi)' (Kiyomi x [Encore](/source/'Encore'_mandarin)) * '[Murcott](/source/Murcott_(fruit))' ("honey Murcott"; "Murcott honey orange"; "red"; "big red") * 'Ortanique' (originally found in Jamaica, the name comes from the words "orange", "tangerine", and "unique"). In 1939, David Daniel Phillips was recognised by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as the creator of the ortanique. * 'Temple' (Willowleaf × unknown sweet orange) (believed to be the same as the "magnet" variety of Japan) * 'Umatilla' (misnomer "Umatilla tangelo") * 'Pontianak' (originally found in Indonesia, named after a provincial capital) * '[Setoka](/source/Setoka)' (Japan, hybrid of Murcott and Kuchinotsu No.37) * 'Gonggan' (China){{Cite journal |last1=Qin |first1=Yong-hua |last2=Ye |first2=Zi-xing |last3=Hu |first3=Gui-bing |last4=Chen |first4=Jie-zhong |last5=Xu |first5=Chao |last6=Li |first6=Gu-yu |last7=Lin |first7=Shun-quan |title='Huami Wuhe Gonggan'，A New Citrus Cultivar |url=https://www.ahs.ac.cn/EN/Y2014/V41/I6/1267 |journal=Acta Horticulturae Sinica|date=25 June 2014 |volume=41 |issue=6 |page=1267 }} ===Satsuma tangors=== * '[Iyokan](/source/Iyokan)' (Miyagawa × unknown sweet orange) * 'Miyauchi Iyo' (early-ripening Iyo mutant) * 'Othani Iyo' (late-ripening Miyauchi mutant) * '[Kiyomi](/source/Kiyomi)' (Miyagawa × Trovita navel orange) * 'Seto' (Sugiyama Unshiu × Trovita navel orange) * '[Reikou](/source/Reikou)' ((Kiyomi x Encore) x (No. 5 x Marcott)) ==Cultivation regions== Since the 19th and early 20th centuries, tangors have been cultivated in tropical and warm [temperate](/source/temperate_climate) world regions, such as southern Japan, Florida, [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) islands, South Africa, and Malaysia. ==Pests and diseases== The 'Ortanique' variety may be attacked by [aphid](/source/aphid)s (''[Aphis gossypii](/source/Aphis_gossypii)''), [rust mite](/source/rust_mite) (''[Phyllocoptruta oleivora](/source/Phyllocoptruta_oleivora)'') or various species of [scale insect](/source/scale_insect)s and [moth](/source/moth)s. The fungus ''[Sphaeropsis tumefaciens](/source/Sphaeropsis_tumefaciens)'' may cause [knots](/source/Wood) in twigs. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030807090825/http://members.fortunecity.com/pjsauber/NewHybrids.htm Satsuma hybrids] * [http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/temple.html Temple tangor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701112739/https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/temple.html |date=1 July 2019 }} by [Citrus Variety Collection](/source/Citrus_Variety_Collection) {{citrus}} {{Authority control}} Category:Citrus hybrids Category:Flora of Jamaica Category:Orange cultivars {{fruit-stub}} {{Rutaceae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tangor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangor?action=history)). 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