Details for: RSD 2008001, Citrus medica L., 'Assads'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrus medica L.
Cultivar:
'Assads'
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 2008
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrus medica L.
Cultivar:
'Assads'
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 2008
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
26 August 2008.
Morocco
Comment: "A citron farm owned by Simon Levy in the small community of Akridis, near Souk-sebt-des-Guerdane in the Souss Valley of Morocco". (Information from collector, 09/05/2008)
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Assads'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CITRON

'esrog'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CITRON

'etrog'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CITRON

RSD 2008001
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
According to the collector/donor, the age of the tree from which the seeds were collected was about 8 years. The trees and rows on the farm are not numbered and all trees on the farm are grown from cuttings, without grafting. The collector/donor further states (09/05/2008) "This citron has been grown for hundreds of years in the remote Assads district in a valley of the Anti-Atlas foothills, east of Agadir and southwest of Taroudannt in southern Morocco. Unlike most citrons, it is acidless, and also is often seedless. The presence of seeds appears to depend on the time of year and climate during bloom, and perhaps the presence of adjacent pollinators. This variety is greatly prized by certain Jewish communities, notably Sephardic and Satmar, because it is descended from ungrafted stock, and is used in the Succot harvest festival". (RR Krueger, 09/26/2008)
Citrus medica L.
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:

10745
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:782. 1753
Verified:
11/06/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Citrus medica L. var. ethrog Engl. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus medica L. var. medica (0 active accession[s])
Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis (Hoola van Nooten) Swingle (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus acida Pers.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus alata (Tanaka) Tanaka
Citrus cedratus Raf.
Citrus medica L. var. alata Tanaka
Citrus medica L. var. conifera Loisel.
Citrus medica L. var. cucurbitina Loisel.
Citrus medica L. var. florentina Loisel.
Citrus medica L. var. limoniformis Loisel.
Citrus medica L. var. salodina Loisel.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcitron  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchcédrat  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Frenchcédratier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanmedischer Apfel  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanZitronatzitrone  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Italiancedrato  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguesecidra  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesecidreira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcidro  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Peru)toronja  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Swedishsuckatcitron  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexiang yuan  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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Citations
  • Chapot, H. 1950. Un curieux Cedrat marocain. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 327/328:506-514. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Levy, Y. 2008. The Etrogim Of Morocco. London: Self-published Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
Open pollinated seed.