mandarin orange tree cleopatra orange plant Citrus reshni hort. ex Tanaka This species is the chota or billi kichili of India and the Cleopatra mandarin of the United States. The tree is attractive, round-topped, symmetrical, and thornless, with small, dark-green leaves. The fruit is orange-red, small, oblate, and highly depressed at the apex, with thin, somewhat rough rind. The flesh texture is soft and juicy and the flavor is somewhat acid. Seeds are small, polyembryonic, and have green cotyledons. Considered to be native to India and said to have been introduced into Florida from Jamaica sometime prior to 1888, *Citrus reshni* is increasingly important as a rootstock in the United States and elsewhere. It is an attractive ornamental and bears fruit the year round. [http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html] citrus reshni spice mandarin requires discussion