General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Kumquat
  • Meiwa Kumquat
  • Sweet Kumquat
  • Sweet Kinkan
  • Marumi Kumquat
  • Morgani Kumquat
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Citrus japonica
  • Synonym: Fortunella margarita
  • Synonym: Fortunella crassifolia
  • Synonym: Fortunella obovata
  • Synonym: Fortunella x crassifolia
  • Synonym: Fortunella japonica
  • Synonym: Fortunella hindsii

Photo Gallery
Location: Cactus and Tropicals......Salt Lake City
Date: 2020-02-25
Location: Container
Date: 2018-05-22
Bearing fruit & blooms...
  • Uploaded by pod
Location: Potomac MD
Date: 2017-10-24
Location: January, 2024
Date: 2024-01-19
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2015-11-16
Location: Tochigi, Japan
Date: 2016-11-06
Location: Mom's garden 
Date: 2015-12-24
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-09-03
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2017-03-16
At Selby Gardens
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2017-03-16
At Selby Gardens

Date: 2015-01-30
Location: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV
Date: 2017-09-16
Location: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV
Date: 2017-09-16
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-12-15
Location: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-02-28
Potted speciment outside of Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney.

Date: 2014-09-08
Location: Mom's  garden 
Date: 2015-12-24
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-09-03
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-09-03
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-09-03
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-09-03
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2017-03-16
At Selby Gardens

Date: 2016-02-02
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Houston area
Date: 2013-12-15

Date: July
credit: Prenn

credit: Prenn
Comments:
  • Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 18, 2018 7:52 PM concerning plant:
    I have 'Meiwa' round fruited. It's June and it's full of fragrant flowers at this time. I have a small yard, so when I bought the 3' plant, I put it in a 32 gal. Rubbermaid trash can with holes in the bottom. It's 3 years later now and it's 5' tall x 3' across. It grows and produces well in 5 hours of morning/mid-day sun then bright light the rest of the day. I add fruit tree fertilizer twice a year. I collect about 2 gallons of fruit in Dec., which I make into canned marmalade.
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Sep 23, 2013 6:15 AM concerning plant:
    This edible fruit is grown on a shrub or small tree. It is native to southern China. The fruit can be round or oval in various shades of yellow to orange. The peel is sweeter than the inside, which is rather sour.

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