Tachibana orange
Citrus tachibana (Makino) Tanaka [Rutaceae]
Tachibana (タチバナ, 橘)
Lifeform: evergreen tree < 4 m high
Distribution: Taiwan - Korea - Japan (Kyushu - central Honshu)
Habitat: mountains near the sea
Flower: white
Fruite: yellow
Used for the lucky tree (縁起木) of 'perpetual youth and longevity'
Citrus L.
Two Citrus species, i.e., C. tachibana is wild in Japan. There are many varieties, cultivars and hybrids.
C. tachibana (Makino) Tanaka (タチバナ)
C. nipponokoreana Tanaka (コウライタチバナ), endangered, only in Hagi City
Fruit trees
C. aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle (ライム Key lime)
C. aurantium L. (ダイダイ Bitter orange)
C. bergamia Risso et Poit. (ベルガモット Bergamot orange)
C. depressa Hayata (シーカーシャーShekwasha, ヒラミレモン Hirami lemon)
C. grandis Osbeck (ザボン, ブンタン, ボンタン, ウチムラサキ)
C. ichangensis Swingle (Ichang lemon)
C. indica Tanaka (Indian wild orange)
C. iyo Hort. ex Tanaka (イヨカン)
C. medica L. var. sarcodactylis (Nooten) Swingle (ブシュカン Buddha's Hand)
C. hanayu Shirai (ハナユ)
C. hassaku Hort. ex Tanaka (ハッサク)
C. kinokuni Hort. ex Tanaka (キシュウミカン)
C. kisu Tanaka (キズ)
C. junos Sieb. ex Tanaka (ユズ)
C. limon (L.) Burm. (レモン lemon)
C. medica L. (シトロン Citron)
C. mitis Blanco (トウキンカン)
C. natsudaidai Hayata (ナツミカン)
C. paradisi Macf. (グレープフルーツ Grapefruit)
C. ponki Tanaka (ポンキ)
C. reticulata Blanco (ポンカン)
C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck (スイートオレンジ Sweet orange)
- var. brasiliensis Tanaka (ネーブルオレンジ Navel orange)
C. sphaerocarpa Hort. ex Tanaka (カボス)
C. sudachi Hort. ex Tanaka (スダチ)
C. sunki Sakurai (サンキ)
C. sulcata Hort. ex Takahashi (サンボウカン)
C. tamurana Tanaka (ヒュウガナツ)
C. tangerina Tanaka (オオベニミカン)
C. unshiu (Swingle) S.Marcov. (ウンシュウミカン, ミカン)
Citrus tachibana in Japan
[Left] a tree. [Center] leaves. [Right] fruits. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009.