Skip to content
yuzu

File:Yuzu_oranges_(6459456959).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ867776· pop 43· linked from 788 articles

Also known as yuja, yudzu, Citrus × junos, Citrus junos, yuzu tree

Yuzu ('''Citrus × junos''', from Japanese or ; ) is a citrus fruit and plant in the family Rutaceae of Chinese origin. Yuzu has been cultivated mainly in East Asia, though it has also recently been grown in New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Italy, and France.

Species

FamilyRutaceae

Citrus ×aurantium Linnaeus subsp. junos (Siebold ex Tanaka) Makino; C. ×hsiangyuan Tanaka; C. medica subf. junos (Siebold ex Tanaka) Hiroe; ?C. sechen Kokaya; C. sechen subsp. sjanshen Kokaya; ?C. ×wilsonii Tanaka.

via · Kew POWO

~5 min read

Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Cultivation
  • Varieties and similar fruits
  • Use
  • East Asia
  • Culinary use
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Other uses
  • Yuzu baths
  • Use as wood
  • Elsewhere
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Yuzu ('''Citrus × junos', from Japanese or ; ) is a citrus fruit and plant in the family Rutaceae of Chinese origin. Yuzu has been cultivated mainly in East Asia, though it has also recently been grown in New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Italy, and France.

It is believed to have originated in central China as an F1 hybrid of the () subspecies of mandarin orange and the ichang papeda.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yuzu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (15)