Oranges, mandimu, marimu, tangerines, pomelos, uye grapefruit zvinokura pamiti yemirasi. Ndiyo michero yecitrus. Miti yemacitrus inoumba genus mukati memiti yemiti. Michero imhando yakakosha yeberry.
Miti yeCitrus yakatanga kubva kuSoutheast Asia. Kunopisa ikoko munzvimbo dzinopisa kana kuti subtropics. Vanokura semiti kana makwenzi makuru uye vanosvika pakureba kwemamita makumi maviri nemashanu. Vanochengeta mashizha avo gore rose.
Zvimwe zvirimwa zvecitrus zvinotumbuka chete mumwaka wakati, uye zvimwe zvinopararira gore rose. Maruva angangove echirume chete kana chirume nechikadzi chakasanganiswa. Tupembenene tunokonzera mukume. Kana ruva risina mukume, pachine muchero. Zvibereko zvakadaro hazvina mhodzi mazviri. Ndiko kusaka vachifarirwa nevanhu vakawanda.
Vanhu vakaunza zvirimwa zvecitrus kumadokero kubva kuAsia. Makore angangoita 2300 apfuura vaivepo muPersia, nguva pfupi yadarika muhushe hweRoma. Dzichiri kukura nanhasi munzvimbo dzinodziya dzakapoteredza Gungwa reMediterranean. Kubva ipapo unoziva vanhu vazhinji vanobva kuzororo. Asi dzinowanikwawo mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda pasi rose uko kunodziya zvakakwana. Miti mizhinji yemacitrus haikuri kure nemahombekombe. Mashizha emiti yavo anowanzo kukora zvakanyanya. Nenzira iyi vanodzivirirwa zviri nani kubva pakupisa.