Reikou

Reikou (麗紅, reikō) is a cultivar of tangor.[1] It is a citrus hybrid of a hybrid of Kiyomi and Encore (Kiyomi–Encore No. 5) and Murcott tangor.[1][2]

Reikou tree grown as a pot plant

Description

The fruit can be easily peeled by hand.[3] It has a sugar content of between 12% and 13%, with some fruits reaching 15%.[3] The weight of a fruit is 210 grams, relatively large for a tangor, and the fruit is reddish-orange colour.[1] It fruits in late January.[1] It does not produce pollen, so it must be pollinated by another species of citrus.[1]

Its systematic name is Kankitsu Kuchinotsu 32 Gō (カンキツ口之津32号) after Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki where it was bred.[1] It was hybridized in 1984, with its name registered in 2004 and the variety registered in 2005.[1] The first fruits came on sale in 2007.[3]

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References
  1. "Reikou" (in Japanese). National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  2. YOSHIOKA, Terutaka; et al. (2009). "New Citrus Cultivar 'Reikou'" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science (in Japanese). 8: 15–23. ISSN 1347-3549.
  3. "Reikō" (in Japanese). fruit-sommelier.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.


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