(First upload on January 28 2017. Last on March 9 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Rutaceae (ミカン科) > Citrus natsudaidai
Citrus L. (ミカン)Natumikan (ナツミカン, 夏蜜柑), Japanese summer orangeNatudaidai (ナツダイダイ, 夏橙) = species epithet Natsukan (ナツカン, 夏柑) Lifeform: evergreen short tree ≈ 3 m tall (bark, 樹皮) Origin: firstly cultivated Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan spread out from the prefecture (the symbolic flower of Yamaguchi Prefecture) |
Leaf: narrow-winged stalk Stem: sometimes developing spines Flower: white → ripened in the next year Fruit (edible): aromatic, yellow or orange Seed dispersal: animal Use: gardening f. kawanonatsudaidai (アマナツカン, 甘夏柑), discovered in O-ita Prefecture in 1935 |
|
1
2
3
4
5
6
[1-4] along a paved road aside Sotogou Park (外濠公園), Tokyo, on November 18 2016. [5/6] in Yushima Temple (seido), Tokyo, on January 8 2019.
1
2
3
[1-3] in Tomakomai Sun Garden glasshouse on January 10 2022.