Details for: PI 539498, Citrus reticulata Blanco, 'KARA'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Cultivar:

'KARA'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1935

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	PI 539498 PL

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
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USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Citrus Canker Quarantine)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (See state regulation: Caribbean Fruit Fly)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Cultivar:

'KARA'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1935

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 January 1935.
California, United States
Comment: Citrus and Citrus relative accessions at the Repository in Riverside without PI numbers.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'KARA'

Type: Cultivar name

RCRC 3019

Type: Donor identifier

Narrative

Citrus reticulata Blanco

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10778

Place of publication:

Fl. Filip. 610. 1837

Comment:

needs a conserved type to match current use as wild species and parent of many hybrids

Verified:

01/24/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus benikoji hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus daoxianensis S. W. He & G. F. Liu
Citrus depressa Hayata var. vangasay (Bojer) H. Perrier
Citrus erythrosa hort. ex Tanaka
Citrus nobilis Andrews
Citrus vangasay Bojer

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	culate mandarin		1	Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia
English	mandarin		1	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	mandarin orange		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	mandarine orange		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Swatow orange		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	tangerine		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	mandarinier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Mandarinen		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Mandarinenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Tangerine		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
India	santara		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Italian	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	ponkan		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Korean	Kamja	as Citrus benikoji	2	Choi, S.-Y. et al. 2007. Correlation between flavonoid content and the NO production inhibitory activity of peel extracts from various Citrus fruits. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 30:772-778. Note: as Citrus benikoji
Portuguese	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	bergamota		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	tangerina		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	mandarina		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	småcitrus		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	gan ju		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Availability
GROWTH	Tree habit	General growth habit of tree.	1 - upright	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree shape	General shape of tree.	2 - spheroid	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree vigor	General vigor of tree.	2 - medium	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Vegetative Life Cycle	Evergreen vs. deciduous .	1 - evergreen	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot tip color	Color of shoot tip.	1 - green	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf type	Leaf type .	1 - simple	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of leaves.	1 - elliptic	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf form	Ratio of petiole to lamina.	2 - brevipetiolate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf margin	Type of leaf margin.	1 - crenate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Petiole wing shape	Shape of petiole wing.	3 - obovate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Length of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	6.4	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	7	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit	Shape of fruit	5 - deep oblate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit apex	Blossom end	4 - truncate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit base	Stem end	5 - concave	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of fruit	At maturity	6 - orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Epicarp surface texture	Epicarp surface texture	4 - pitted	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Adherence of epicarp	Adherence to mesocarp	2 - moderate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Thickness of mesocarp	Measured in mm	2	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of oil glands	Nature of oil glands	2 - conspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	12	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of segment membranes	Nature of segment membranes	2 - fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at maturity	Physiological maturity	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at full ripeness	Fruit axis at full ripeness	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of pulp	Color of pulp	6 - deep orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Texture of pulp	Texture of pulp	2 - medium	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Aroma of juice	Aroma of juice	1 - weak	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	5 - 21 to 40	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	4 - orange	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available