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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
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Kumquat
  • Cumquat
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Citrus japonica
  • Synonym: Fortunella margarita

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Location: Glendale, AZ
Date: 2018-12-11
Dwarf Nagami Kumquat
Location: Glendale
Date: 2018-07-16
Kumquat (Citrus japonica 'Nagami') Flower
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-03-29
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-11-26
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-11-26
Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: North San Diego County 
Date: September 2019
Blooms, green fruit, and leaves
Location: Sunrive Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-11-26

Date: 2013-04-11

Date: 2013-04-11

Date: 2013-04-11
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thomas On November 12, 2016 Obtained plant
Planted in ground
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