Kumquat

Kumquat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Informal group:	Kumquats

Kumquat
"Kumquat" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese	金橘
Literal meaning	"golden orange"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin jīnjú Wade–Giles chin1-chü2 IPA [tɕín.tɕy̌] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gāmgwāt Jyutping gam1-gwat1 IPA [kɐm˥.kʷɐt̚˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ kim-kiat
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	kim quất
Thai name
Thai	ส้มจี๊ด
RTGS	somchíd
Korean name
Hangul	금귤
Hanja	金橘
Transcriptions Revised Romanization geumgyul
Japanese name
Kanji	金柑
Transcriptions Romanization kinkan
Nepali name
Nepali	मुन्तला (muntala)

Kumquats (/ˈkʌmkwɒt/ KUM-kwot),^[1] or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small, angiosperm, fruit-bearing trees in the family Rutaceae. Their taxonomy is disputed. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus Fortunella or placed within Citrus, sensu lato. Different classifications have alternatively assigned them to anywhere from a single species, Citrus japonica, to numerous species representing each cultivar. Recent genomic analysis defines three pure species, Citrus hindsii, C. margarita and C. crassifolia, with C. × japonica being a hybrid of the last two.

The edible fruit closely resembles the orange (Citrus x sinensis) in color, texture, and anatomy, but is much smaller, being approximately the size of a large olive. The kumquat is a fairly cold-hardy citrus.