Forbidden fruit (citrus)

The forbidden fruit (also shaddette) is a variety of citrus fruit native to Saint Lucia and once thought to be the origin of the grapefruit.^[1]^[2]

History[]

In the 1990s two kinds of citrus were discovered growing in Saint Lucia that closely correspond to a variety known as forbidden fruit described in Caribbean literature dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. This variety was last recorded in 1918 and, until its recent rediscovery, was thought to be extinct. The forbidden fruit is closely related to the grapefruit. It has a high degree of monoembryony which may make it an important genetic resource for the sweet orange, grapefruit, and rootstock breeding programs.^[3]

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References[]

^ Nosowitz, Dan (6 October 2020). "Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ Bowman, Kim Dean. 1990. Unexploited germplasm, natural mutations, and selected in vitro techniques for citrus cultivar improvement. Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida.
^ Bowman, Kim D.; Gmitter, Jr., Frederick (April 1990). "Forbidden Fruit (Citrus sp., Rutaceae) Rediscovered in Saint Lucia". Economic Botany. 44 (2): 165–173. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

v t Citrus
True species	Australian and Papuan wild limes Citron Clymenia Ichang papeda Kaffir lime Kumquat Common mandarin Mangshanyegan Pomelo Ryukyu mandarin
Major hybrids	Grapefruit Lemon Lime Orange
True and hybrid cultivars	Alemow Amanatsu Bergamot orange Bizzaria Bitter orange Blood lime Blood orange Byeonggyul Biasong Cam sành Cara cara navel Citrange Citrumelo Clementine Daidai Dekopon Encore Fairchild tangerine Florentine citron Forbidden fruit Haruka Hassaku orange Hebesu Heen naran Hyuganatsu Imperial lemon Indian wild orange Iyokan Jabara Jaffa orange Jamaican tangelo Kabbad Kabosu Kakadu lime Kalpi Kanpei Kawachi Bankan Key lime Khasi papeda Kinkoji unshiu Kinnow Kishu mikan Kiyomi Kobayashi mikan Koji Komikan Kuchinotsu No. 37 Laraha Lemonade fruit Limón de Pica Lumia Mandelo Mandora Melanesian papeda Melogold Meyer lemon Micrantha Midknight Valencia Orange Murcott Myrtle-leaved orange tree New Zealand grapefruit Ōgonkan Orangelo/Chironja Oroblanco Palestinian sweet lime Persian lime Pixie mandarin Pompia Ponderosa lemon Ponkan Rangpur Reikou Rhobs el Arsa Rough lemon Samuyao Sanbokan Satsuma mandarin Setoka Shangjuan Shonan Gold Smith Red Valencia Sudachi Suruga yuko Sweet lemon Sweet limetta Tangelo Tangerine Tangor Valencia orange Variegated pink lemon Volkamer lemon Winged lime Xã Đoài orange Yuukou mandarin Yuzu
Citrons	Balady citron Corsican citron Diamante citron Fingered citron/Buddha's hand Greek citron Moroccan citron Yemenite citron
Mandarin oranges	Cleopatra mandarin Shīkwāsā Nanfengmiju Tachibana Willowleaf orange
Papedas	Celebes papeda Citrus halimii/Mountain "citron" Ichang papeda
Pomelos	Banpeiyu Dangyuja
Kumquat hybrids (× Citrofortunella)	Calamansi Citrangequat Limequat Mandarinquat Procimequat Sunquat Yuzuquat
Sahul citrus (former Microcitrus, Eromocitrus, Clymenia and Oxanthera genera)	Australian outback lime Australian round lime Brown River finger lime Desert lime Maiden's wild lime Mount White lime (Microcitrus) New Guinea wild lime Russell River lime Clymenia Orange-flowered oxanthera Large-leaf oxanthera Wavy-leaf oxanthera Oxanthera brevipes
Related genera (perhaps properly Citrus)	Poncirus/Trifoliate orange
Drinks	Calamansi juice Chūhai Curaçao Dried lime tea (noomi basra) Grapefruit juice Lemonade Limeade Orange juice Yuja-hwachae Yuja tea
Products	Calcium citrate Citric acid Lemonene Limonene Neroli Orange flower water Orange oil Orangeat Succade Zest
Diseases	Black spot Canker CTV/Tristeza Exocortis Greening Mal secco Phytophthora citricola
Citrus botanists	Clara H. Hasse Robert Willard Hodgson Lena B. Smithers Hughes David Mabberley Clément Rodier Robert Soost Walter Tennyson Swingle Chōzaburō Tanaka Ikuro Takahashi Johann Christoph Volkamer Herbert John Webber
Related topics	The Citrus Industry Citrus production Citrus rootstock Citrus taxonomy Cold-hardy citrus Hesperidium Japanese citrus List of citrus fruits Mother Orange Tree Orangery University of California Citrus Experiment Station University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection
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