Do you love consuming citrus fruits? If yes, Indonesia has so many types of citrus that grow perfectly well following with a delicious taste of its fruits. Commonly, Indonesia has specific citrus that is cultivated by some citrus farms such as the types of delicious citrus fruits.
Citrus is one of the types of tropical fruit that capable of growth perfectly in tropical weather such as in Indonesia. That is why you can find so many types of citrus fruits that develop quietly well from the local farm.
Speaking of the citrus, this time we will bring you into some of the most popular types of citrus that grow in Indonesia. Let’s check them out below!
1. Citrus Sinensis
Citrus Sinensis is one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which becomes one of the families with the sweet oranges. This agricultural product produces so many types of sweet oranges that most people love to consume it the most.
Citrus Sinesis is capable of growth in most Indonesian regions. It has a small flower with white color that similar to the jasmine as the native flower of Indonesia and a sturdier branch. The fruits that come from this kind of citrus have a typical sweet taste that full of vitamin C. It has a bigger seed with the type of thick peels that makes it sometimes has a bit difficult to peel.
2. Citrus Reticulata Blanco
Citrus Reticulata Blanco is one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which has a bit different comparing with the Sinensis type. It produces a kind of fruit citrus that is commonly known well as a Jeruk Keprok as the common fruits in Indonesia.
Just like the Citrus Sinensis, Citrus reticulata Blanco also has a small flower. But, it has a small size of fruit with a thinner size of the peel. That makes it so easy to peel with small seeds inside. Moreover, it has a combination taste of sweet but a bit sour that makes it more special to taste.
3. Citrus Maxima Merr
Citrus Maxima Merr is a kind of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which has a higher and bigger type of citrus plants in its class. It has a bigger size of citrus fruits that commonly known-well with the Jeruk Bali as one of the popular fruits in Bali, Indonesia.
The fruit from Citrus Maxima Merr has a thicker size of peel, big oranges fruit with a bigger size of the seed. It has an oranges color with a bit of red inside which comes in a sweet but a bit sour taste. Commonly the fruits have about 11 up to 17 centimeters of diameter size.
4. Citrus Limon
Citrus Limon is one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which has a small flower with a beautiful red color blooms around the trees. It produces the small size of fruits citrus that commonly calls the Jeruk Lemon in Indonesia.
The fruits from Citrus Limon have a small size with a yellow color and sour taste. It contains a higher vitamin C that people love the most to consume for diet. Not only for diet, but the fruits also perfect to keep your immune system healthier than before with a great anti-oxidant inside it.
5. Citrus Aurantifolia
Citrus Aurantifolia is one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which has a smaller size of fruits even it compares with the Citrus Limon. Commonly Indonesia known the types of citrus fruits from this kind of tree as the Jeruk Nipis.
Citrus Aurantifolia has a specific smaller size of fruits and flowers. The fruits have a thinner size of peel but have a difficult type of peeling. The fruit has a sour taste that good for makes some lemon tea or some Indonesian traditional drinks. Not only for drinks but Indonesian also makes it for the complement in Soto and some Indonesian foods.
6. Citrus Medica
Citrus Medica is a kind of citrus tree that becomes one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia. It has a small bigger size flower with the yellow color of fruits that similar to the lemon but has more wrinkle on the peel.
Commonly Indonesian call the fruit of Citrus Medica with the Jeruk Sitrun that has a bigger size comparing to the lemon. It has a fragrant type of citrus fruit that perfect to consume in a cold drink. It is perfect to consume in summer combines with some soda water.
7. Citrus Limetta
Citrus Limetta becomes one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesia which has a small type of flower and fruit. It has wrinkles types of the peel on the fruit which represent the sour of the taste. Even so, it has a high vitamin C that good to consume daily which claims good for the diet.
Commonly, the fruit of Citrus Limetta in Indonesia is well-known as the Jeruk Limau. It looks similar to the Jeruk Nipis from the Citrus Aurantifolia types but has a bitter and sour taste. Indonesian loves it the most to complement what they are cooked such as in fish cooked and Woku types as one of the Indonesian famous main dishes that exist in Indonesia.
8. Citrus Paradisi
Citrus Paradisi is one of the types of citrus that grow in Indonesian which has delicious fruit. Commonly Indonesian has known it as the Jeruk grapefruit which has a bigger size of oranges with red color inside.
So, there are some of the types of Citrus that grow in Indonesia that so popular from time to time. It doesn’t take hard effort to find some of them since the trees are capable of growth as well in most of the Indonesian region.
Moreover, the taste of the fruit from Indonesian citrus has different type from most of the world’s citrus. That makes it more delicious to taste with a higher vitamin C inside. So, which one of those citrus fruits becomes your favorite?
