Commercial Varieties of Mandarin Orange

Name of Variety	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
Coorg Mandarin	Major commercial variety in South India. Vigorous upright trees with compact foliage. Fruits medium-large, bright orange, oblate to globose. Thin rind, easily peelable, 9–11 segments, abundant juice. Matures Feb–Mar.	Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Khasi Mandarin	Important variety in North-East India. Medium to large trees, dense foliage. Fruits depressed globose, orange-yellow to bright orange, smooth surface, juicy with 8–10 segments and 9–25 seeds.	Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland
Nagpur Mandarin	Premier Indian mandarin (also called Ponkan). Vigorous, spineless trees. Fruits medium, smooth, thin rind, loosely attached, saffron-coloured juice, 6–7 seeds. Matures Jan–Feb.	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
Kinnow	Hybrid (King × Willow Leaf). Medium-large trees, dense foliage. Fruits medium, oblate, deep orange-yellow, thin rind, very juicy, 9–10 segments, 12–24 seeds. Matures mid-January.	Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi