Oval Kumquat (Citrus japonica)
Description
Evergreen shrub or small trees, 2-4 m tall, branches angular when young, rounded when old, sometimes with single axillary spines. Leaves simple, alternate, lanceolate, upto 10 cm long, pointed or rounded at the tip, finely toothed from the apex to middle, dark green, densely glandular-dotted, especially on the underside; petioles often narrowly winged. Flowers borne singly or in few-flowered clusters in axils of leaves, hermaphrodite, 5-merous, small, white, sweet scented; stamens 16 or 20, cohering irregularly in bundles; stigma cavernous within because or large deep-seated oil glands.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Rutaceae
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Genus: Citrus
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