CHINOTTO CITRUS MYRTIFOLIA - info
CITRUS MYRTIFOLIA = CHINOTTO
It grows as a small tree up to 3 metres and the leaves resemble those of the myrtle (that's why his second name myrtifolia).
This is the plant that is used to produce the eponymous drink.
Already in Europe throughout the 1800's until the first world war it was used to drink sugary or digestive or wine or alcoholic beverages as absinthe.
Data sheet
- Light
- Sun direct
- Recommended temperature
- Greater than 3 °C
- Watering
- Wait until the earth is dry. To check, scratch and feel with your fingers well below the surface of the soil. Immerse the plant pot in a container with water, for 1/5 of its height for 3 minutes.
- Season of Availability on the market - in Bloom with forced cultivation
- December January February March April
- Origin
- Maybe coming from China towards the end of the '500 imported from livorno or savona. According to others, the plant is native to the Mediterranean, where it would be developed for a mutation from the sour orange.
- Family
- Rutaceae.
- Various
- Unique among the citrus, the chinotto is devoid of thorns.
CITRUS MYRTIFOLIA = CHINOTTO
It grows as a small tree up to 3 metres and the leaves resemble those of the myrtle (that's why his second name myrtifolia).
This is the plant that is used to produce the eponymous drink.
Already in Europe throughout the 1800's until the first world war it was used to drink sugary or digestive or wine or alcoholic beverages as absinthe.