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Zairai Satsuma

Zairai Satsuma

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Notes

Zairai Satsuma refers not to a single cultivar, but to the ancestral, local landrace population of Satsuma mandarins that existed in Japan before modern named selections (such as Miyagawa, Okitsu, Owari, etc.) were fixed and propagated clonally. In Japanese horticultural usage, zairai (在来) literally means “indigenous / locally derived”.

Origin

Japan

Submitted by

Brady Mitchell@cascadiaadmin
Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
Submitted on: January 14, 2026