Mandelo

Citrus fruit and plant

Mandelo

Hybrid parentage| 'Frua' mandarin hybrid × pomelo
Cultivar| Citrus × paradisi 'Cocktail'
Origin| Research Center of the University of California, Riverside, United States in 1966

A mandelo (or Mandalo, also known as a "cocktail grapefruit")[1][2] is a citrus fruit that is smaller than a grapefruit, has yellow or yellow-green coloured skin and bright yellow or yellow-orange flesh, but is sweeter than a grapefruit.[1][2]

## Origin

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The mandelo was developed in the 1950s at the UC Citrus Experiment Station, but then escaped into public orchards.[1][3] It is a yellow-orange fleshed tri-specific citrus hybrid between a 'Frua' hybrid mandarin ('Dancy' mandarin × 'King tangor')[4] and a Siamese Sweet pomelo.[3] This makes it 1/4 King tangor, 1/4 Dancy tangerine, and 1/2 Siamese Sweet Pomelo.[3][5] It is named for its ancestors, mandarin and pomelo.[citation needed]

## Distribution

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The fruit normally has large and vigorous trees,[3][1] but in colder situations they are smaller.[3] They can grow in the Caribbean and Western United States and Mexico, in various soil types.[1]

## Fruit description

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The tree is very productive, producing its fruit in clusters from November to February.[3] They vary from the size of an orange to the size of a grapefruit.[1] The fruit has a thin, easy-to-peel, smooth, yellow rind. Its flesh is seedy, bright yellow[2] or yellow-orange in color, and very juicy. The flavor is sub-acid-like.[3]

## Usage

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Due to its tenderness and high seed content, the mandelo has not achieved great commercial success, but its unique flavor, early and long season, and prolific nature have led to its increasing popularity in backyard orchards in southern California.[6]

Besides being good for eating fresh, 'Cocktail' may be used to make marmalade or jam, candied peel, syrup,[3] or in cocktails and smoothies.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Cocktail Grapefruit". Retrieved 18 January 2017.
2. ^ a b c Durand, Faith (28 January 2009). "Winter citrus Cocktail grape". Retrieved 18 January 2017.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Grapefruit Citrus × paradisi". citruspages.free.fr. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
4. ^ "Cocktail pummelo hybrid". Retrieved 18 January 2017.
5. ^ "Cocktail Grapefruit".
6. ^ Indoor Citrus & Rare Fruit Society Newsletter (Spring 1987)

## External links

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* YouTube video - "What's A Cocktail Grapefruit? Let's's (sic) Find Out!"

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Citrus

True species|

* Australian and Papuan wild limes group
* Citron
* Ichang papeda
* Kaffir lime
* Kumquats group
* Mandarin orange
* Mangshanyegan
* Mountain citron
* Pomelo
* Ryukyu mandarin

Major hybrids|

* Grapefruit
* Lemon
* Lime
* Orange (sweet orange)

True and hybrid
cultivars|

* Alemow
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* Kinkoji unshiu
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* Kiyomi
* Kobayashi mikan
* Koji
* Komikan
* Laraha
* Lemonade fruit
* Limón de Pica
* Lumia
* Mandelo
* Mandora
* Melanesian papeda
* Melogold
* Meyer lemon
* Micrantha
* Midknight Valencia Orange
* Murcott
* Myrtle-leaved orange tree
* Nagpur orange
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* Oroblanco
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* Winged lime
* Xã Đoài orange
* Yūkō
* Yuzu

Citrons|

* Balady citron
* Corsican citron
* Diamante citron
* Fingered citron/Buddha's hand
* Greek citron
* Moroccan citron
* Yemenite citron

Mandarin oranges|

* Cleopatra mandarin
* Shīkwāsā
* Nanfengmiju
* Tachibana
* Willowleaf orange

Papedas|

* Celebes papeda
* Mountain "citron"
* Ichang papeda

Pomelos|

* Banpeiyu
* Dangyuja

Kumquats group|

| Kumquat species|

* Hong Kong kumquat
* Meiwa kumquat
* Oval kumquat
* Round kumquat
* Jiangsu kumquat
* Malayan kumquat

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Kumquat hybrids
(× Citrofortunella)|

* Calamansi
* Citrangequat
* Limequat
* Mandarinquat
* Procimequat
* Sunquat
* Yuzuquat

Australian
and Papuan
wild limes group|

| Eromocitrus
(former genera)|

* Desert lime

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Microcitrus
(former genera)|

* New Guinea wild lime
* Australian round lime
* Russell River lime
* Maiden's wild lime
* Mount White lime
* Australian finger lime
* Brown River finger lime

Clymenia
(former genera)|

* Clymenia platypoda
* Clymenia polyandra

Oxanthera
(former genera)|

* Orange-flowered oxanthera
* Large-leaf oxanthera
* Wavy-leaf oxanthera
* Oxanthera brevipes

Related genera
(perhaps
properly Citrus)|

* Poncirus/Trifoliate orange

Drinks|

* Calamansi juice
* Chūhai
* Curaçao
* Dried lime tea (noomi basra)
* Grapefruit juice
* Lemonade
* Limeade
* Orange juice
* Yuja-hwachae
* Yuja tea

Products|

* Calcium citrate
* Citric acid
* Lemonene
* Limonene
* Neroli
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* Orange oil
* Orangeat
* Succade
* Zest

Diseases|

* Black spot
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* CTV/Tristeza
* Exocortis
* Greening
* Mal secco
* Phytophthora
* citricola

Citrus botanists|

* Clara H. Hasse
* Robert Willard Hodgson
* Lena B. Smithers Hughes
* David Mabberley
* Clément Rodier
* Robert Soost
* Walter Tennyson Swingle
* Chōzaburō Tanaka
* Ikuro Takahashi
* Johann Christoph Volkamer
* Herbert John Webber

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* The Citrus Industry
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