Poncirus trifoliata 5 PCS fresh seeds, Citrus trifoliata, Trifoliate orange, Japanese bitter-orange, Hardy orange seeds, Hardy lemon, Non GMO

Poncirus trifoliata fresh seeds, Citrus trifoliata, Trifoliate orange, Japanese bitter-orange, Hardy orange seeds, Hardy lemon, Non GMO (lat. Poncirus trifoliata).

A monotypic genus of deciduous shrubs from the citrus subtribe (Citrinae) of the Rutaceae family. A shrub or a small tree with a tent-shaped crown. Young annual shoots are bare, green, with axillary spines 1-3 cm long, on older branches the bark is greenish-gray. The kidneys are small, almost round.

The leaves are trifoliate, with obovate sessile leaflets, of which the central one is about 5 cm long, and the lateral ones are about 3 cm. The leaf blades are glabrous, leathery, dull yellowish-green, the edges of the leaflets are serrated. The petioles are winged. The arrangement of leaves on the shoots is another.

The flowers are bisexual, white, almost sessile, 3-8 cm in diameter, with 4-5 sepals fused at the base and 4-5 oblong-obovate petals narrowed into a nail. Stamens are free, 8-10 pieces.

The fruit is a spherical hesperidium with a diameter of 4-6 cm of golden yellow color, with a soft crust densely covered with velvety down. The crust is difficult to separate from the pulp. The flesh is bittersweet, inedible. Their fruits are not used fresh because of the unpleasant taste, but they are suitable for technological processing and production of vitamin tonic drinks.

Tolerates a decrease in temperature to -18-20 ° C. Poncyrus is also used as an ornamental plant, including for hedges.