Post by radoslav on Aug 22, 2019 6:47:16 GMT -5
I am curious if the plant in Lester collection citruspages.free.fr/limes.html#longispina is real citrus longispina, I know black twig lime, it has beautiful black twigs and black line on the edge of leaves, but it is realy Talamisan from Philippines like it is described in The Philippine Agricultural Review from 1915?
"Citrus longispina. Talamisan.
(Pls. IIa, IIIa.)
An arborescent, very thorny shrub about 5 meters tall, with numerous
suckers and interlocking branches, the spines on the stems frequently
10 centimeters long; young growth bright green, nearly always angular;
leaves 6.5 to 10 centimeters long, 3 to 4.8 centimeters broad, ovate
to broadly elliptical, crenate; base obtuse to broadly acute; apex
acute to rounded, usually emarginate; petioles 19 to 25 millimeters
long, rather narrowly winged, though in large leaves the wings are up
to 18 millimeters broad; flowers not seen; fruit roundish, somewhat
flattened at apex, 58 millimeters in diameter, smooth, deep lemon
colored; skin thin; locules 11 to 15; pulp very juicy, mildly acid,
with a tinge of orange yellow, aromatic and pleasantly flavored; juice
cells large, plump, blunt or pointed at one end; seeds rather few,
of medium size, fairly plump, more or less reticulate, polyembryonic,
and of poor germinating qualities.
The talamisan is exceedingly rare, and is found in cultivation in Bohol
(one plant has been seen in Cebu) and is fairly productive. Excepting
the mandarin, which is also of rare occurrence, it is much superior
to all other citrus fruits grown in these two islands, and is eaten
by the inhabitants; it is nevertheless very rare and of no economic
importance at present. The fruit ripens in January and February, and is
a poor keeper. Introduced into cultivation, the fruit of the talamisan
could to advantage be used as an ade fruit, and with a little sugar
it would make a good breakfast fruit. The dense growth of the plant,
with numerous suckers, armed also with formidable spines, would make
it a good live fence.
The talamisan, or tamisan as it is also called, is one of the
most interesting citrus fruits that has come to the attention of
the writer. Its angular growth, formidable spines, broad, sometimes
almost orbicular, distinct leaves and fruit easily distinguish the
talamisan from all other species in the genus.
B. A. No. 2529, 4833 (Bohol). "
"Citrus longispina. Talamisan.
(Pls. IIa, IIIa.)
An arborescent, very thorny shrub about 5 meters tall, with numerous
suckers and interlocking branches, the spines on the stems frequently
10 centimeters long; young growth bright green, nearly always angular;
leaves 6.5 to 10 centimeters long, 3 to 4.8 centimeters broad, ovate
to broadly elliptical, crenate; base obtuse to broadly acute; apex
acute to rounded, usually emarginate; petioles 19 to 25 millimeters
long, rather narrowly winged, though in large leaves the wings are up
to 18 millimeters broad; flowers not seen; fruit roundish, somewhat
flattened at apex, 58 millimeters in diameter, smooth, deep lemon
colored; skin thin; locules 11 to 15; pulp very juicy, mildly acid,
with a tinge of orange yellow, aromatic and pleasantly flavored; juice
cells large, plump, blunt or pointed at one end; seeds rather few,
of medium size, fairly plump, more or less reticulate, polyembryonic,
and of poor germinating qualities.
The talamisan is exceedingly rare, and is found in cultivation in Bohol
(one plant has been seen in Cebu) and is fairly productive. Excepting
the mandarin, which is also of rare occurrence, it is much superior
to all other citrus fruits grown in these two islands, and is eaten
by the inhabitants; it is nevertheless very rare and of no economic
importance at present. The fruit ripens in January and February, and is
a poor keeper. Introduced into cultivation, the fruit of the talamisan
could to advantage be used as an ade fruit, and with a little sugar
it would make a good breakfast fruit. The dense growth of the plant,
with numerous suckers, armed also with formidable spines, would make
it a good live fence.
The talamisan, or tamisan as it is also called, is one of the
most interesting citrus fruits that has come to the attention of
the writer. Its angular growth, formidable spines, broad, sometimes
almost orbicular, distinct leaves and fruit easily distinguish the
talamisan from all other species in the genus.
B. A. No. 2529, 4833 (Bohol). "
