What is Satsuma?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Citrus unshiu'' Marc. | image = MIKAN field.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = A mikan grove | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | subclassis = [[Rosidae]] | ordo = [[Sapindales]] | familia = [[Rutaceae]] | genus = [[Citrus]] | species = '''''C. unshiu''''' }} [[File:Citrus unshiu-温州蜜柑-4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A basket of mikan]] [[File:Citrus_unshiu-unshu_mikan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cross section]] '''Satsuma'''<ref>It is commonly called '''unshuu''' in Japan, '''satsuma''' in the UK, '''naartjie''' in Africa and '''mandarin''' or '''tangerine''' in Canada. In the United States, satsumas are most frequently marketed as tangerines. It is less commonly called '''satsuma tangerine''', '''satsuma orange''', or '''satsuma mandarin'''.</ref> / sat-soo-muh/ '''.n'''. is a variety of [[tangerine]] with a loose skin. It is named after the former [[Satsuma Province]] of [[Japan]]. In the [[United Kingdom]] it is often associated with Christmas. == Footnotes == <references/> == Other websites == {{commons|Citrus unshiu|Mikan}} * [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_CH116 The Satsuma Tangerine - University of Florida] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817213730/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_CH116 |date=2007-08-17 }} * [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/fruit/satsuma.html ''PLANTanswers'' - Texas Cooperative Extension] {{fruits}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Citrus|Mikan ('''Citrus unshiu'' Marc.)]]