Citrus unshiu is a seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as cold hardy mandarin,[1] satsuma mandarin,[1] satsuma orange,[1] Christmas orange,[citation needed] and tangerine.[1]
It is probably of Japanese origin and introduced elsewhere.[2][3][4][5][6]
One of the English names for the fruit, "satsuma", is derived from the former Satsuma Province in Japan, from which these fruits were first exported to the West.
The Chinese and Japanese names reference Wenzhou, a city in the Zhejiang Province of China known for its citrus production. However, the satsuma originates from Japan.[2][3][4][5][6] In 1916, a number of Japanese cultivars were introduced to Wenzhou.[citation needed] These, and new cultivars developed from them, now dominate orchards in Wenzhou.[citation needed] The traditional centre of satsuma production in Wenzhou is in the town of Wushan, in the Ouhai District of Wenzhou.[citation needed].
Dekopon (デコポン) is a seedless and very sweet citrus fruit, a hybrid between Kiyomi and ponkan (Nakano no.3), developed in Japan in 1972.[1][2] Originally a brand name, Dekopon has become a genericized trademark and it is used to refer to all brands of the fruit; the generic name is shiranuhi or shiranui (不知火).[1][2] Dekopon is distinctive due to its sweet taste, large size and the large protruding bump on the top of the fruit.
Satsuma Province (薩摩国 Satsuma-no Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Its abbreviation is Sasshū (薩州).
Satsuma is well known for its production of sweet potatoes, known in Japan as 薩摩芋 (satsuma-imo or "Satsuma potato"). On the other hand, Satsuma mandarins (known as mikan in Japan) do not specifically originate from Satsuma but were imported into the West through this province in the Meiji era.
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