This Draft East African standard specifies the requirements for citrus fruit of varieties (cultivars) grown from the following species to be supplied fresh to the consumer, citrus fruit for industrial processing being excluded:
- Lemons grown from the species
Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. and hybrids thereof;
- Persian limes grown from the species
Citrus latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka, a large acid lime fruit known also as Bearss or Tahiti and hybrids thereof;
- Mexican limes grown from the species
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, also known as sour limes and key limes and hybrids thereof;
- Indian sweet limes, Palestine sweet limes grown from the species
Citrus limettioides Tanaka and hybrids thereof;
- Mandarins grown from the species (
Citrus reticulata Blanco), including satsumas (
Citrus unshiu), clementines (
Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka), and common mandarins (
Citrus deliciosa Ten.) and tangerines (
Citrus tangerine Tanaka), grown from these species and hybrids thereof;
- Oranges grown from the species
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck and hybrids thereof;
- Grapefruit grown from the species
Citrus paradisi and hybrids thereof;
- Pummelos or Shaddock grown from the species
Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. and hybrids thereof.
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.
