Orange Lovely Cumquats

The kumquats or cumquats are relations of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, in the kind Fortuneless that often incorporated in the genus Citrus. Kumquats contain a awfully distinctive taste. The only citrus fruit can be eaten skin and all. The peel is the sweetest part and can eat separately. The edible fruit closely resembles that of the orange, but is smaller and is often oval. Kumquats have called "the little gold gems of the citrus family" and it believed to be native to China.


The tree is shrub like and is similar to an orange tree in outward show. The fruit lasts for numerous months on the tree in warm winter climates. Four varieties of kumquats al available, they are the Hong Kong Wild, Marumi, Meiwa and Nagami. The two most common species of kumquats grown in the United States are the 'Nagami' and the 'Meiwa'. It Size usually grows to around 2m tall but can be much bigger. Its climate condition is below 38C Humid subtropical, Mediterranean, temperate zones.