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Taxon:  Citrus unshiu Marcow. (Citrus Satsuma Mandarin Group)



Summary
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
10793
Place of publication:
Izv. Sochin. Obl. Sukhum. Sadov. Sel. Opyt. Stantsii 2(2):5. 1921
Comment:
[or C. reticulata ‘Unshiu’]
Verified:
01/12/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus reticulata Blanco subsp. unshiu (Marcow.) D. Rivera et al.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus nobilis Lour. var. unshiu Swingle
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Satsuma mandarin –
Satsuma orange –
French
mandarinier satsuma –
German
Satsuma –
Japanese Rōmaji
unshū-mikan –
Transcribed Korean
gyulnamu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
5Uncertain     
Cultivated ()
Uncertain ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10793. Accessed 14 December 2025.

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