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Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck

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Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Osbeck
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Osbeck
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Citrus ×sinensis

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×sinensis

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Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck

Glabrous tree to c. 10 m high with rather rounded crown and angular shoots. Spines confined to trunk, main branches and strong young vegetative shoots. Lvs strongly orange-scented. Petiole 1-2.5 cm long, narrowly winged, articulate at apex. Lamina 7-15 × 3.5-7 cm, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, entire or slightly crenulate; apex usually short-acuminate. Fls 1-few in the axils, fragrant. Calyx 3-4 mm long; lobes broad-ovate. Petals c. 2.3 cm long, elliptic, white. Stamens > 20. Fr. 5-7 cm diam., ± globose, 10-13-celled; exocarp (peel) bright orange, dotted with oil glands, c. 1 cm thick; pulp very sweet, orange; core of axis solid.

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Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

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Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Chile
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Cook Islands
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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a174cc7a-5336-45be-aa1f-43019e9364bc
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1 January 2000
27 June 2022
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