Mandarin orange (Mikan) - Mandarin orange

Japanese: ミカン(蜜柑) - ミカン
Mandarin orange (Mikan) - Mandarin orange
In a broad sense, it is a general term for edible fruit trees of the Citrus genus of the Rutaceae family and is used synonymously with citrus fruits, but in the narrow sense it refers to several species of the Satsuma mandarin species that bear small fruits, such as the Japanese Satsuma mandarin and Kishu mandarin, and sometimes also includes some species of the bitter orange species, such as the Natsumikan and Naruto mandarin.

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Japanese:
広い意味ではミカン科ミカン属 Citrusの食用果樹の総称で柑橘類と同義に使うが,狭義には日本産のウンシュウミカン,キシュウミカンなど,小型の果実をつけるウンシュウミカン類の数種をさし,またときにナツミカン,ナルトミカンなどダイダイ類の一部を含めることもある。

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