Citrus Species, Ichang Papeda

I’m very interested in acquiring some of this beauty. According Harvard eflora it grows all the way to zone 6 China Gansu province.

I haven't grown this plant. I'm told that it is much hardier than indicated here: zone 7a? 6b? It's perhaps the hardiest species of th...Read Moree genus Citrus. Might make a good marmalade or candied peel, and possibly the leaves could be used as a substitute for those of kaffir lime in cooking: most citrus leaves can be, but this species is classified as being in the same sub-genus as kaffir lime.

Planted small tree 1997 in part-sun, part-shade location, very sandy soil, under fertilized. Some light fruiting each year. But this ye...Read Morear over 30 fruits on a seven-foot tree. Looked like a Christmas tree with large capped yellow balls. Thick rind, very little almost dry pulp, large seeds.