Kalpi (fruit)
| 'Kalpi' (citrus) | |
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| Pomological Watercolor | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C.×webberii
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| Binomial name | |
| Citrus×webberii | |
Kalpi(Citrus×webberii) is a naturalcitrus hybridnative toPhilippinesand is today one of the most common lemons inHawaii,and is sometimes called 'Malayan lemon'.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The handsome tree is medium-sized, 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft) tall. The acidic fruit is very juicy; they are used like lemons. Size is variable, depressed and globose, with 9 to 11 segments and very thin skin, yellowish when ripe.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]'Kalpi' is apapeda.It looks somewhat like the common Philippinemandarin orangeand the nativeCitrus macroptera.
It is namedwebberiiafterHerbert John Webber,by his disciple, abbreviation authorPeter Jansen Wester.It has also been referred to incorrectly aswebberi.[4]The common name 'Kalpi' is from theBicolano dialect.[3]
It was published asCitrus webberiiWester in 1915 in Philipp. Agric. Rev. 1915, viii.[5]
Distribution
[edit]'Kalpi' grows inLuzonandMindanao,in the Philippines.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Lemons in Hawai‘i
- ^Dania Katz (2013-07-11)."Not So Sour: Lemons in Hawai'i".edible Hawaiian Islands Magazine.
- ^abcJorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse."Citrus Pages / Papedas".free.fr.
- ^"Citrus × webberi Wester is an unresolved name".The Plant List.Retrieved18 January2017.[dead link]
- ^"Rutaceae Citrus webberii Wester".International Plant Names Index (IPNI).Retrieved18 January2017.
