Orangequat
Mandarinquat
Hybrid Species of fruit and plant
The mandarinquat, also misleadingly called orangequat,[1] is any cross between a mandarin and a kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia). Mandarinquats are members of the citrofortunella group.
The variety Nippon orangequat was first introduced in 1932 by Dr. Eugene May of the USDA[2] as a hybrid between the Meiwa kumquat and the Satsuma mandarin. A second variety, the Indio mandarinquat, was discovered as an open-pollinated seedling from a Nagami kumquat with an unknown pollen parent.[3]