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Hawaya

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What is this?
« on: July 07, 2019, 12:22:51 PM »
Hello!

I bought a plant - mandarin, but this surely is not mandarin. What is this? This citrus has big petiole and long thorns. Tt's probably wild citrus - grapefruit?




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Re: What is this?
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2019, 12:46:13 PM »
Not a mandarin, possibly sour orange.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2019, 01:37:10 PM »
This is not a mandrin. Looks like a seedling satsuma....perhaps Brown Select. Hard to tell but not mandrin. 

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2019, 01:45:47 PM »
Satsuma seedlings don't have thorns

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2019, 01:47:38 PM »
Tree leaf look like the pummelo tree I have at home..



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Re: What is this?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2019, 02:02:20 PM »
Petiole is not large enough to be grapefruit or pummelo.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2019, 02:05:58 PM »
Like I said, I would go with some type of sour orange. There are many different types in Europe.


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Re: What is this?
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2019, 02:30:55 PM »
Thanks for the answers. It's possible that it's sour orange - it looks similar. Or maybe it's yuzu? :) But leaves smell citrus, so it's probably it's not yuzu. Sour orange is a good citrus for grafting? If not, I send it back :).

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2019, 03:07:06 PM »
In Poland, citrus fruit is not grown (only at home), so the virus probably does not exist, but better not to risk. I give back the plant. Thank you again for answering and greetings from cold Polish :).

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2019, 01:33:07 AM »
Macrophylla?
The graft died and the rootstock took over.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2019, 09:32:36 AM »
Yes, this is Citrus macrophylla. Thank you very much for help!:)