Hello!

Please help me. Do you know the plant on these photos? Is it mandarin or calamondin? Maybe you know the name of the variety (sort). Thank you.

Looks like a Calomondin...

Maybe it's calamondin. But my calamondin has absolutely another form of fruit.



That's why I ask. What is the name of the mandarin-like variety?

I see what you mean, Olgavita- those pictured fruits have the bottom-dimple like Mandarins usually do.

theyre small and densely fruiting like Calamondins can be tho. Hope someone can help you!

The first picture is definitely a calamondin as I have 6 plants in my backyard and all 5 look exactly the same. The second picture I am not sure. The shape looks like a mandarin to me and if it is as large even as large as a golf ball I would say it is a mandarin since I never saw a cal that big. Mine I thought is an extra large size the biggest that I've seen but they are only 3/4 size of a golf ball. The average size is half the size of golf balls and many are much smaller.

At first glance the second picture looks like a Myrtle Leaf Orange, however, the leaves seem a little too large to be sure. - Millet

I have these 2 calamondin in my yard:





Compare.

And another ( Joe's cal that he gave me)



The same cal tree but in another angle . Joe's cal tree is on the right

Joe's cal tree while flowering



Another cal tree in flowering mode


Last but not least


Oh, I just want to show off my cal trees

How big are the fruits in the pics? My cals were no bigger than 1 inch. The cals at expo were small too.

bencelest, your calamondin trees are wonderful! I think this one is the same as in my picture.




Shape of fruit is the same. Just your tree is tall in the yard, and in container the trees are smaller.
Do you know the name of the variety? What about the taste of this variety? The same as others have?Vaybe you know all sorts of calamondins. Thank you so much.

Patty:
I think your question is for Olgavita.
I may want to ask that Q myself that's why I describe the size of my cal
Olgavita:
I am not aware of any other varieties of calamondin. When I bought mine all it said was calamondin and some said kalamansi.
But I am aware that they may come from different parts of the world like Jamaica, Cuba, China or the Philippines that's probably the reason of different shape. As far as I know as the book that I read it says cal originally came from the Philippines. But the Philippine variety is shaped like your second picture more or less obloid or round shape. But they are of the smaller kind, as small as marbles.
To me the taste are all similar. Very sour. Which is why I have so many of them growing in my yard. It should not be eaten as is but use as a condiment in foods and drinks. To us they are very useful and have many uses in drinks and seafoods. If you have of one of those growing in your yard, it will be the envy of all your friends and a conversational piece in parties.
But I always tell my fiiends:"look but no touch".

Thank you Benny for your explanation!!!! I always thought there was something wrong with mine being so small.
It could be the great photos taken of them, makes them look bigger, but I also notice the comparison of leaves to fruits. The leaves are small, which makes the fruits look big!
Thanks again Benny. Sometimes it's hard to tell size of fruits from a pic.
I know now that there's nothing wrong with my fruit.

bencelest, thank you for your explanations. I just wonder why calamondins don't have names of their sorts as lemons and oranges do.They differ so much in shape, why not to give them names?

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If you have of one of those growing in your yard, it will be the envy of all your friends and a conversational piece in parties.

I have my citrus garden on a window sill. You can have a look at it in this topic:
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I have one calamondin tree, but I am dreaming about that one with mandarin-shaped fruit. It seems very beautiful.

Not too long ago Joe Real told this story. That once he had a party in his house and all of a sudden they heard a big bang, a big noise coming from the back of his yard. Upon investigation they saw one of his friends splattered on the ground with him was a big chunk of a branch of his calamondin that was broken from the tree. Joe's first thought was " Oh, what happenned to my calamondin!" not thinking what happenned to his friend whether he was hurt or not. He relented at the thought afterwards.
That's how we valued our calamondin tree. His friend was taking the fruit without their knowledge. So that's where I learned and I warned my friends first: 'Hands off!".