Pink Sunset Australian Finger Lime Budwood

Microcitrus australasica.

Open pollinated seedling of 'Blunobia pink crystal'. The tree is rated medium to large in size with a dense canopy and upright growth habit. Budunion with Citrus macrophylla  rootstock is smooth and no suckering has been observed.

 The fruit set is considered low to moderate year round, peak fruit production is October to December in California with flowering season being February to April. Branches bear many single spines, typical of Microcitrus australasica, averaging 10.60 mm in length. Mature leaves average 14.70 mm × 7.20 mm. The leaf shape is obovate, with a cuneate base. The leaf apex is retuse to obtuse. The leaf margin is unevenly dentate. Flowers and fruit are borne singly in leaf axils on short stout pedicels 1-5 mm long. The fruit shape is straight.

Mature fruit have an external color ranging from medium red to dark red and weigh an average of 18.15 g at maturity. Mature fruit ranges from 4.75 – 7.44 cm in length and 1.86 – 2.46 cm in width at maturity. The number of locules per fruit range from 5 to 6. Pulp vesicles are pink to red-white. Seeds are numerous.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.