Common names:

• oranger du Kan-Sou  (Source: Mansf Ency) - French
• yuzu  (Source: Bot Citrus) - Japanese Rōmaji
• yooja  (Source: J Excip Food Chem) - Korean
• xiang cheng  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Transcribed Chinese
• yujanamu  (Source: Kulturpflanze) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (rind & juice used for flavor, fruit to make vinegar fide Cornucopia)
• Human food: beverage base (fide Mansf Ency)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

References:

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4. Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee` 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2021. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://tn-grin.nat.tn/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10725. Accessed 24 janvier 2021.