Morphological characterization of six citrus varieties with ornamental potential/Caracterizacao morfologica de seis variedades citricas com potencial ornamental

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de fruticultura Vol. 32; no. 2; p. 463
• Main Authors: Mazzini, Renata Bachin, Pio, Rose Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 01-06-2010
• ISSN: 0100-2945

Brazil is the greatest citrus producer in the world, but the cultivation of citrus plants for ornamental purposes is insignificant and the research on this subject is still rare. Citrus plants are impressive for landscaping especially because of their fruits, which have different sizes, shapes and colors, and that, in general, are in natura edible. The objective of this work was to characterize, for landscaping use, six varieties of citrus with ornamental potential: Buddha's Hand citron, Nagami kumquat, Cipo orange, Imperial orange, Faustrine lemon and Venezuela mandarin, cultivated at the germplasm collection of the APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira Center, of the Agronomic Institute, located in Cordeiropolis, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. For each variety, 30 leaves, 30 flowers and 30 fruits, all mature, were collected for analysis of their morphological characteristics. The characteristics of the trees were also evaluated. The experimental design was randomized, and each variety was described by the mean value of the 30 measurements of each variable. There were prominent morphological differences amongst the six varieties, and all of them showed landscaping value.