Citrange

{{Short description|Citrus fruit and plant}} {{Speciesbox |name = Citrange |image = Pomological Watercolor POM00006386.jpg |image_caption = Citrange cultivar 'Willett' |genus = Citrus |species = × insitorum |authority = Mabb. |synonyms = *× ''Citroncirus webberi'' <small>J.W. Ingram & H.E. Moore 1975</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{citation |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50322165 |title=Tropicos.org |accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> }}

The '''citrange''' (a portmanteau of ''citrus'' and ''orange'') is a citrus hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.

The purpose of this cross was to attempt to create a cold hardy citrus tree (which is the nature of a trifoliate), with delicious fruit like those of the sweet orange. However, citranges are generally bitter.

Citrange is used as a rootstock for citrus in Morocco, but does not prevent dry root rot or exocortis disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horticom.com/pd/imagenes/54/422/54422.html |title=Current Situatuon of citriculture in Marocco |work=HORTICOM NEWS |author=Ediciones de Horticultura, S.L. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103510/http://www.horticom.com/pd/imagenes/54/422/54422.html |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}</ref>

== Cultivars == There are several named citrange cultivars,<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/trifoliatehybrids.html |chapter= Trifoliate hybrids |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> including the 'Carrizo' citrange<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/carrizo.html |chapter=Carrizo citrange trifoliate hybid |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> and the 'Troyer' citrange.<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/troyer.html |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |chapter=Troyer citrange |accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> Both resulted from a hybrid between the trifoliate orange and the Washington navel orange. There is also a cultivar called 'Rusk' which resulted from a cross between a Ruby orange and a trifoliate orange.<ref>[http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#trifoliate The Citrus Industry Book, Volume I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205061009/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html |date=2012-02-05 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/rusk_1441.html |title=University of California at Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection |chapter=Rusk citrange (CRC 1441) |accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060512071702/http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/citranges.htm Citrange photos] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211137/https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca911p11-59078.pdf Lemon on Troyer Citrange Root; bud-union and rootstock disorder of Troyer citrange with Eureka lemon tops under study in effort to identify cause] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150301045458/http://chislettnavel.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TroyerCarrizo+4-03.pdf The Citrange Story] * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24317433 Citrange fruit extracts alleviate obesity-associated metabolic disorder in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mouse.] *[https://archive.today/20141214180024/http://genomea.asm.org/content/2/1/e01063-13.abstract Population of Endogenous Pararetrovirus Genomes in Carrizo Citrange]

Category:Citrus Category:Citrus hybrids Category:Oranges (fruit)