1.0Oscar Tintori - Nurseries Worldwide - Citrus Plantshttps://www.oscartintori.it/en/Oscar Tintorihttps://www.oscartintori.it/en/author/scar/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3QY6swaBiy"><a href="https://www.oscartintori.it/en/prodotto/mediterranean-mandarin/">mediterranean mandarin</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.oscartintori.it/en/prodotto/mediterranean-mandarin/embed/#?secret=3QY6swaBiy" width="600" height="338" title="“mediterranean mandarin” — Oscar Tintori - Nurseries Worldwide - Citrus Plants" data-secret="3QY6swaBiy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.oscartintori.it/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.oscartintori.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/61a-mandarino-OBP.jpg800800This plant was originally from China but was brought first to England (in 1805) and then to Malta by the Englishman Abraham Hume; it then reached Sicily in 1810 thanks to Prof. G. Tineo who had it planted in the Botanical Gardens of Palermo. In 1816 Marchese Ruffi had a mandarin plant put in his garden in Capodimonte in Naples, where it was described in 1840 by Michele Tenore, director of the Botanical Gardens of Naples. It is quite a vigorous plant with a rounded growth trend and expansive foliage; it is productive, but tends to alternate in production. It has small, narrow lanceolate leaves. The flowers are small, white and fragrant, and grow singly on the branches. The fruits are medium-sized and oblate (rounded with flattened ends). The thin skin is orange when ripe, and separates easily from the segments. The flesh is orangey-red, juicy, and fragrant, with many seeds. The fruit ripens early, between November and January. There is a bud mutation of this species, "Avana apireno" which is almost seedless.