Hello Citrusfriends,

I recently found 2 new photos of the Poncirus Polyandra, which is said to be a new species as an evergreen Poncirus, originated from Yunnan, China.

Unfortunatel there is not so many information about it.

Here are the photos



and



In addition to that I add a drawing which I received from a citrus friend




If one of you do have some relationship to china it would be extremely interesting to receive seed material.

May be a good alternativ to the ordenary Poncirus as it should be evergreen...

brgds

Andy,

Thanks for sharing this new photos of "this species"
Yes it would be nice if there were some seeds available. (looking forward )

Are the fruits as horrible (eating).. as the "normal" poncirus fruits?

Best regards,
Erik (NL)

Hi Eric,

regarding fruit quality I have not information, but in view of the plant itselfe i´ve got a more detailed dicription which you can find at the folllowing link:

http://www.zitrusgarten.net/homepage/feto.htm


Met vriendelijke groet

Andy,

Thanks for the URL...and info.

(BTW I'm a regular visitor of your great website, and I like the experiments with the hardy citrus ("frosthärten Sorten") in peticular)

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Erik

More information about this species at:-

www.zitrusgarten.net/homepage/feto.htm

Leaf isoenzyme analysis and work by Mabberley seem to indicate this is genetically different to Pt and to citranges.

This seems to be counter indicative for a hybrid origin despite it sounding intermediate between poncirus and citrus.

Not convinced we have the final answer when you add in the fact it was found as a single semi-wild tree with no fully wild stands known.

We need other genetic analysis rather than just the chloroplast genome done by Mabberley et al.

have contact who has association with Kumming botanic institute, ask if more information and seed could be obtained on P. polyandra

something new from Kunming on Poncirus polyandra?
There is a plant in the botanic garden of Darmstadt Germany and one in a private collection.