Forest Rebuilding

Fortunella spp or kumquat is a small evergreen shrub. Its fruits are used as decoration or preserved in syrup and marmalade or candied. I like small oranges, are soft and thin skin, which is sweet and edible. Pulp is sour.

These trees are slow growing and rarely reach a height of 3 meters.

Flowers are white and have a pleasant smell. The branches are green, sloping and tricky. Leaves are simple, finely toothed at the top and have a dark green.

Fortunella bush fruit is round or oval, elongated, and when ripe is orange, yellow or red depending on variety.

Peel the fruit is golden yellow to red-orange and have an oily composition.

It is native to southeastern China, the Malaysian rain, and is part of the genus called Citrus.

Kumquat tree is the toughest because when temperatures reach below freezing drop enters a latent state. It does not bud and bloom until the weather becomes warmer.

In warm climates, these shrubs grow faster and produce more fruit. Also, in one year, budding and produce fruit several times.

Fruit is harvested when they are orange.

Fortunella cultivation was preferred long urban landscape because they offer as an ornamental plant.