Iyokan

Iyokan
Iyokan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Genus:
Citrus
Species:
Citrus × iyo
Iyokan for sale in Japan.

The iyokan (伊予柑 - Citrus × iyo), also known as anadomikan (穴門みかん) and Gokaku no Iyokan,[1] is a Japanese citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a mandarin orange, with Dancy as the pollen parent and Kaikokan as the seed parent.[2] It is the second most widely produced citrus fruit in Japan after the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu).[citation needed] Ehime Prefecture accounted for 90% of Iyokan production in 2021.[3]

Iyokan was discovered in 1886 in the orchard of Masamichi Nakamura, a resident of Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1889, Yasunori Miyoshi, a resident of Ehime Prefecture, bought the original tree and brought it home, and it became a specialty of Ehime Prefecture. Originally marketed as "Iyo mikan", it was renamed "Iyokan" in 1930 to avoid confusion with Unshu mikan (Citrus unshiu). The name "Iyo" was taken from the ancient name of a place in Ehime Prefecture, the Iyo province.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Shimizu, Tokurou; Kitajima, Akira; Nonaka, Keisuke; Yoshioka, Terutaka; Ohta, Satoshi; Goto, Shingo; Toyoda, Atsushi; Fujiyama, Asao; Mochizuki, Takako; Nagasaki, Hideki; Kaminuma, Eli; Nakamura, Yasukazu (2016). "Hybrid Origins of Citrus Varieties Inferred from DNA Marker Analysis of Nuclear and Organelle Genomes". PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0166969. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166969S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166969. PMC 5130255. PMID 27902727.
  3. ^ a b 伊予柑 (いよかん) 愛媛の地で育まれ“伊予”の名を冠した柑橘 (in Japanese). Ehime Prefecture. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ いよかん (in Japanese). Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, Mikkabi. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Ehime Citrus fruits > Varieties of Ehime Citrus fruits > Iyokan". ehimemikan.asia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-19.