Mary Allen
ʻO nā ʻalani, nā lemona, nā lime, nā tangerines, nā pomelo, a me nā hua waina e ulu ana ma nā mea kanu citrus. He mau hua citrus kēlā. Hoʻokumu nā mea kanu citrus i kahi genus i loko o ke aupuni mea kanu. ʻO nā hua heʻano kūikawā o ka berry.
ʻO nā mea kanu citrus mai ka Hikina Hema ʻo Asia. He wela ma laila ma nā ʻāina hoʻopaʻa a i ʻole nā subtropics. Ke ulu nei lākou e like me nā lāʻau a i ʻole nā kumu lāʻau nui a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o 25 mika. Mālama lākou i kā lākou mau lau a puni ka makahiki.
Mohala wale kekahi mau mea kanu citrus i kekahi kau, a laha kekahi i ka makahiki. ʻO nā pua he kāne wale nō a he kāne a he wahine i hui pū ʻia. ʻO nā inike ke kuleana o ka pollination. Inā ʻaʻole i pollinate ka pua, aia nō ka hua. ʻAʻohe hua i loko o ia mau hua. ʻO ia ke kumu i kaulana ai lākou i nā poʻe he nui.
Ua lawe mai nā kānaka i nā mea kanu citrus ma ke komohana mai ʻAsia. Ma kahi o 2300 makahiki aku nei, ua noho lakou ma Peresia, ma hope iki aku o ka Emepera Roma. Ke ulu nei lākou i kēia lā ma nā wahi mahana a puni ke Kai Mediterranean. Mai laila mai ʻike ʻoe i nā poʻe he nui mai ka hoʻomaha. Akā ʻike ʻia lākou ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua kahi e mahana ai. ʻAʻole ulu ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu citrus mai kahakai. He mānoanoa loa nā lau o kā lākou mau lāʻau. Ma kēia ʻano, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana mai ka wela.