Citrus × junos ?

Citrus ×junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka, in Sieb. Sens. Tor. Hyakun. Kin. Ronbunshu: 65 (1924) (syn: Citrus × aurantium f. verrucosa Makino ; Citrus × hsiangyuan Yu.Tanaka ; Citrus medica f. sudachi (Shirai) M.Hiroe ; Citrus × sechen Kokaya ; Citrus × sechen subsp. sjanchen Kokaya ; Citrus × sphaerocarpa Y.Nakaj. ex H.Ohba ; Citrus × sudachi Shirai ; Citrus × tamurana Takahashi ; Citrus × yuko Yu.Tanaka);
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Artificial cross is C. cavaleriei × C. maxima × C. reticulata.
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Citrus ×junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka: 5 very high res. images.

Location : Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Date : 06 December 2024
Elevation :  1350m.
Habit : Cultivated


From where did you get the name?
What is the size of the fruit compared to that of a mosambi or lemon?


Book. Medium size lemon.


Which book?



I think it will be very difficult to identify a citrus with this only.


This is popularly used in Nepal and Darjeeling / Kalimpong area 
and very sour juice is extracted after boiling its juice. In Nepali it is
called काली ज्यामीर, in English Rough Lemon.
Lemon, (chook-amilo lemon) – Kaalo Jyamir – (कालो ज्यामीर) –  Citrus junos Tanaka
https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/yuzu-citrus-junos.html


 

 

 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life

Updated on March 6, 2025

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