Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Citrus australasica 'Jali Red', Taken: 16 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 1126 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Citrus australasica 'Jali Red'

File Number

1126

ACRA Field Book Number

1128

Registration Date

30/06/2010

Application Received

16/05/2005

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Citrus australasica 'Jali Red'

Origin

The cultivar originated at Whian Whian..

Characteristics

Tall shrub or small tree to a maximum of 2-3 metres high by 2 – 2.5 metres wide with a sparse open appearance. Axillary spines solitary, straight to 25mm long. Leaves are simple, obovate to elliptic, glabrous. Flowers white approximately 10-15mm in diameter. Flowering period July – August. Fruit a cylindrical berry, 40-80mms long, 15-25mm in diameter, dark green to brown, flesh/vescicles red/pink, 2-3mm in diameter. Note: the flesh/vescicles becomes darker when exposed to air for several hours. Diagnosis: C. australasica ‘Jali Red’is an open shrub with a distinctive red/pink flesh. RHS Colour Chart 1995: Fruit skin: Brown Group 200a and even thoughout. Flesh/Vescicles: (When Ripe) Red Group 53c Red Group 50 b Red Group 51c

Cultivation

The plant has recently been grafted onto rootstock at the applicants nursery. Resistant most citrus pests and diseases and is moderately frost hardy.

Publication

RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), pp31,32;

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1995: Fruit skin: Brown Group 200a and even thoughout. Flesh/Vescicles: (When Ripe) Red Group 53c Red Group 50 b Red Group 51c

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Judy Viola

Uses

Suitable shrub for mixed planting or tub. Edible fruit

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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