| Family |
Rutaceae |
| Scientific name |
Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Rafinesque |
| Synonyms |
Aegle sepiaria de Candolle; Citrus trifolia Thunberg; Citrus trifoliata
L.; Limonia trichocarpa Hance; Pseudaegle sepiaria Miquel; Pseudaegle trifoliata
(L.) Makino |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kara-tachi [Chinese citrus] |
| (English common name) hardy orange, trifoliate orange |
| Distribution |
(Japan) garden plants |
| (Other nations) [native] China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=18 |
| Description |
Plants 2m. Leaves 2-5cm length. Flowers white 4-7cm, flowering in April
to May. Deciduous. Subarbor trees. |
| Reference |
Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. |
| Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. |
| Pharmaceutical compositions for reducing hyperlipidemia and platelet-aggregation (US Patent 4842859/1989) |
| Pharmaceutical composition for the reducing both hyperlipidemia and platelet-aggregation (PHP) (US Patent 4906471/1990) |
| Rooting method for vegetative plant propagation of hard-to-root plants (US Patent 5584140/1996) |
| Citrus proteins for use in field detection of citrus blight using immunological techniques (US Patent 5650151/1997) |
| Method of controlling fungus (US Patent 6060074/2000) |
| Use of tryptophan and analogs as plant growth regulators (US Patent 6180569/2001) |
| Health-improving spice composition (US Patent 6465019/2002) |
| Technique for emulsifying highly saturated hydroisomerized fluids (US Patent 6673360/2004) |
| Herbal composition for the prevention and treatment of dementia (US Patent 7083811/2006) |
| Plant genes conferring resistance to Citrus tristeza virus (US Patent 7126044/2006) |
| Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007) |
