Citrange

 ( Citrus ) 

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 citrus rootstock in Morocco, but does not prevent dry root rot or Citrus exocortis.

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Cultivars There are several named citrange , including the 'Carrizo' citrange and the 'Troyer' citrange. 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. The Citrus Industry Book, Volume I

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See also

• Citrangequat
• List of citrus diseases
• University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection

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External links

• Citrange photos
• target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Lemon on Troyer Citrange Root; bud-union and rootstock disorder of Troyer citrange with Eureka lemon tops under study in effort to identify cause
• The Citrange Story
• Citrange fruit extracts alleviate obesity-associated metabolic disorder in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mouse.
• Population of Endogenous Pararetrovirus Genomes in Carrizo Citrange

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