Fortunella margarita

Botanical Description

Oval kumquat is a prickly, evergreen shrub or small tree with a compact crown; it can grow 3 - 4 metres tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is widely cultivated for its fruit in China and Japan, it is also grown in many other tropical and subtropical areas such as Central and South America, the West Indies, Sicily, coastal region of the Black Sea, Africa (Ethiopia, Zimbabwe), N India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The plant is also grown as an ornamental and a hedge[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].