19 Even in retail, Citrus fruit was … Bot. In this study, the validity of some of the botanical remains of citrus is evaluated for their reliability in terms of the following: 1) identification, 2) archaeological context, and 3) dating. Encycl. Maxfield, and D.P.S. In Jacques de Vitry’s writings from the early 13th century, it is mentioned that a fruit named poma Adam (Adam’s apple, possibly a form of pummelo) occurred in Palestine. (B) Citron appears on a coin from the time of Simon bar Kokhba’s revolt (132–136 AD), together with the other three species which are used in the Feast of Tabernacles. Press, Cambridge, Commerce, culture, and community in a Red Sea port in the thirteenth century: The Arabic documents from Quseir (Vol. The citron was the first citrus fruit to reach the Mediterranean, probably via Persia (Langgut, 2015; Langgut et al., 2013; Zohary et al., 2012). University Haifa, Haifa, PhD Diss. During the Roman period, the trees may have been reintroduced from eastern Asia or from Persia in planting pots just as Pliny mentioned for citron. Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory, Raleigh, NC, USA. Rubin Mass, Jerusalem, Acclimatization of citrus fruits in the Mediterranean region, and their ancient and medieval uses in the Mediterranean region, A contribution to the natural history of viroids. In general, it is found in most tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Since the remains from Cyprus could not be found, the attempts to reexamine the seed assemblage were unfortunately not successful (D. Moster, personal communication). In: J.R. Clarke and N.K. 129 179 186, Jashemski W.F. A more detailed survey of the Greco-Roman written sources of citron (and other citrus species) can be found in Pagnoux et al. In: V.A. Chevalier, E. Marinova, and L. Pena-Chocarro (eds.). References from Medieval Cairo Genizah (Lev, 2015) and 13th century AD texts from Quseir (Fig. Yet, when Jashemski et al. According to van der Veen (2011), these remains represent the only archaeobotanical record for lime in Egypt and possibly the only lime remains which have been found so far in the Mediterranean Basin. 1974 Fruits of the land of Israel. This was first overland via Asia Minor and the Middle East as Roman and Greek influence spread (citron fruit, bitter orange) and then through Islam and the Crusades (sour citrus). Guidobaldi (eds.). 2) This artistic evidence represents an early arrival of orange, dated already to the first century AD, especially since some of the depicted oranges have remarkably faithful representation. & Hope, C.A. (B) The Vesuvius area where botanical remains of both Citrus medica and C. limon were identified. A single mineralized seed was recovered from the second phase of the House of Hercules and Ebe’s Wedding, dating from the first half of the second century BC (Ciaraldi, 2007); Mariotti-Lippi (2000) extracted citrus pollen (most probably of C. medica and C. limon) from the garden of this house. Institut Français de Damas, Damascus, Isaac, E. 1959 Influence of Religion on the Spread of Citrus Sci. History, world distribution, botany, and varieties. Citrus pollen was also extracted from several sediment records taken from the Gulf of Naples (Cumae, Lake Averno, and Municipio excavation; Fig. 2005 The search for the authentic citron (Citrus medica L.): Historic and genetic analysis HortSci. The phrase “fruit of goodly trees” is not mentioned in the description on the feast of Tabernacles in Nehemiah 8:13–15 where five different species are mentioned. Mediterr. Historically, the citron is important inasmuch as it was the first fruit of the genus citrus to be cultivated in the Mediterranean. The various species of Citrus are all believed to be native to the subtropical and tropical regions of Asia and the Malay Archipelago, and to have spread from there to other sections of the world. Mediterranean cuisines that feature citrus are thus relatively recent developments, and their appearance in European (and American diets) even later. Choosing which va r iety to plant Therefore, it seems that before the first century AD, other traditions were not practiced. The rest of citrus family eventually caught up, flourishing in the Levantine sun and soils and where they would become the cornerstone in most, if not all, … The natural history of Pompeii. 1998 First results of biostratigraphical investigations of Lago d’Averno near Naples relating to the period 800 BC–800 AD Quat. for the spread of ... Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a haplodiploid pest thrips species of economic significance, ... an important pest of citrus in Australasia and the Mediterranean region. The westward migration of citrus species. The citron was brought to ancient Israel to display the power of the Persian ruler and it slowly penetrated to the Jewish religious and symbolic worlds (the etrog is one of the key species used during the Sukkot holiday and is frequently depicted on coins and mosaics) and then to the central and western Mediterranean. 1A; Guo, 2004), indicate that lemons were shipped from India to Egypt for medical purposes. It was introduced to the Eastern Mediterranean around the 5-4th century BCE and then traveled quickly west. In addition, based on the mosaic of about 100 AD in the Terme Museum in Rome, describing a basket of fruits, Jashemski et al. Hope and G.E. E. Leroux, Paris, Mariotti-Lippi, M. 2000 The garden of the “Casa delle Nozze di Ercole ed Ebe” in Pompeii (Italy): Palynological investigations Plant Biosyst. Press, de l’Écluse, C. 1601 Rariorum plantarum historia. 2) The citron and the lemon (which was introduced to the west at least four centuries later) were considered as elite products at that time. The first textual evidence that may refer to the citron in Western sources was probably in the play Boiotis written by Antiphanes, an important writer of Middle Attic comedy (408–334 BC). The citron is not mentioned directly by name; just good looking and very delicious apples are described as part of a delivery from the Persian ruler, and it is explained as a unique fruit, very rare and therefore very expensive. Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem, Schweingruber, F.H. In Coptic the citron is ghitri, in Greek kitrea and kitrion, and in Latin the word citrus was used to name the tree and citreum or citrium for the fruit. 1956 The excavations at Dura-Europos: The synagogue. The mandarin (C. reticulata) reached the Mediterranean only in the early 19th century. A citron is similar to a lemon, but bigger and with a thicker rind. Bot. Plants and people: Choices and diversity through time. Hakibbutz Hameuhad, Tel Aviv, Israel (in Hebrew), Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama en MCCCCXCVII. & Fuller, D. 2013 Citrus fruits: Origins and developments, p. 1479–1483. All other citrus fruits most probably spread more than … (A) Map showing the plausible area of origin and center of domestication of C. medica, C. reticulata, and C. maxima [modified after Weisskopf and Fuller (2013)], together with Near Eastern archaeological sites from which “secure” C. medica botanical remains were recovered: 1) textual evidence from Media and Persia written by Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, describing citron cultivation during the fourth century BC; 2) pollen, Ramat Rahel near Jerusalem, fifth and fourth centuries BC; 3) pollen, Carthage fourth and early third centuries BC; 4) pollen, seeds, and charcoal remains from sites in the Vesuvius area (B) starting to appear since the third and second centuries BC; 5) seeds and fruit remain of Citrus, most probably of C. limon which marks its earliest appearance outside Asia, the Forum Romanum, Rome; 6) seed remains from Roman sites in the Egyptian Desert, first and fourth centuries AD. The name, like the tree, is probably of Asiatic origin [OED] or from a lost non-IE Mediterranean language [de Vaan]. The first viroid was discovered in 1978, and it is often stated that viroids have developed only in the last 100 years. The word medica in the Latin name (Citrus medica) may also suggest its Persian (Median) origin rather than its use for medical purposes. Rutaceae) are among the most important commercial fruit crops of the Mediterranean, Pliny the Elder in his encyclopedia Natural History (77–79 AD) gave the citron several names such as malus Assyria, malus medica, and citrus. The first specimen of a mandarin cultivar was brought from China to England in 1805 and then to Italy, where it became well established before 1850. Later, citrons are seen in the Dura-Europos synagogue wall paintings in Syria (before 256 AD) in the decoration above the Torah niche (Kraeling, 1956). The lemon tree could well be the emblem of the Society. A microtomographic-based re-assessment C. R. Palevol 9 277 282, Curk, F., Ollitrault, F., Garcia-Lor, A., Luro, F., Navarro, L. & Ollitrault, P. 2016 Phylogenetic origin of limes and lemons revealed by cytoplasmic and nuclear markers Ann. 1861 Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama en MCCCCXCVII. In both a mosaic and a fresco from Pompeii dated to the first century AD, orange fruits were depicted; a mosaic from a Roman villa near Tusculum constructed in ≈100 AD shows a basket of fruits comprising an apple, a lemon, a citron, and two other fruits, suggested by Tolkowsky to be oranges. If at that stage it was grown only in the Vesuvius area, it may have vanished following the eruption. In the course of research I traced the spread and diversification of citrus through a variety of historical information, including ancient texts, art, and artifacts such as wall paintings and coins, and by gathering all the available archaeobotanical remains: fossil pollen grains, charcoal, seeds, and other fruit remains. Dakhleh oasis project: Preliminary report on the 1994–1995 to 1998–1999 field seasons. Press, Cambridge, Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Citrus (Rutaceae) and related genera as revealed by RFLP and RAPD analysis, Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu libri quatuor. Until recently, the arrival of the lemon to the Mediterranean area was linked, like the arrival of many other citrus fruits, to the Muslim conquest (Table 1). Genet. Here, the route of the spread and diversification of citrus is traced through the use of reliable historical information (ancient texts, art, and artifacts such as wall paintings and coins) and archaeobotanical remains such as fossil pollen grains, charcoals, seeds, and other fruit remains. There are no botanical or textual evidence from this period that lemon was growing in the Eastern Mediterranean. A native to the foothills of the eastern Himalaya, it had arrived in the Persian Gulf and spread to the Mediterranean basin, where it was rendered a rare and coveted possession, a status symbol and even a carrier of religious significance. Cambridge Univ. Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Roma 1–3 febbraio 2007. COVID-19 Update: ASOR’s ability to process physical mail has been greatly reduced. Its name can be traced back to the Malay word pumpulmas, which may itself have been borrowed from another language. ASOR-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS FELLOWSHIPS, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The main problems are related to the interpretation of the appearance of citrus on those objects in terms of the following: 1) the significance of their presence and 2) secure identification. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, Across the Indian Ocean: The prehistoric movement of plants and animals, The possible role of Yunnan, China, in the origin of contemporary, First results of biostratigraphical investigations of Lago d’Averno near Naples relating to the period 800 BC–800 AD, Environmental changes in and around Lake Avernus in Greek and Roman times: A study of the plant and animal remains preserved in the lake’s sediment, p. 240–273. Today, various citrus fruits (Citrus spp. The earliest western Mediterranean archaeobotanical evidence is from Pompeii from a context dated to the third and second centuries BC, where several mineralized seeds of C. medica were found (Fiorentino and Marinò, 2008). Abū ’l-Jayr, and Abū ’l-Khayr al-Ishbīlī, 1991 Kitāb al-filāha. From the fourth century AD, during the early Byzantine era, citron appears not only in synagogue mosaic pavements, lintels, and screens but also in many Christian mosaics in Israel and Jordan (see review by Ben-Sasson, 2012). of California, Berkeley, Weisskopf, A. Hist. (2002) pointed out that citrus trees could have been cultivated in the western Egyptian desert as a garden plant in the oasis. In contrast, sour orange, lime, and pummelo were introduced to the west much later beginning in the 10th century CE, by the Muslims, probably via Sicily and the Iberian Peninsula. C. medica’s area of origin, like that of all other citrus forms, lies in southern or eastern Asia. Citrus was first cultivated by humans at least four thousand years ago in Southeast Asia, and all cultivated species derive from a handful of wild ancestors. Abstract: In recent years, the spread to new Mediterranean areas of citriculture with its new cultural practices, new citrus varieties and a changing climate, has led to the need to cope with new or re-emerging fungal plant diseases. 31 35 46, Arias, B.A. The significance of Citrus spp. Indeed, in 1498, Vasco de Gama saw in Mombaça “very good oranges, much better than those from Portugal” (Herculano, 1861: 36). Batchelor (eds.). Within the description, in the Books of the Maccabees 2 10:6–7, there is no mention of “the fruit of goodly trees” but rather “ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm” (Schwartz, 2005). These botanical remains are evaluated for their reliability (in terms of identification, archaeological context, and dating) and possible interpretations. [12] Citrus was especially prized in the 17th century by Dutch botanists whose botanical gardens at Leiden and Amsterdam brought the exotic fruit to … The natural history of Pompeii. Bul. I am grateful to Marijke van der Veen and David Karp for the exchange of thoughts and ideas. Webber, and L.D. Today citrus orchards are a major component of the Mediterranean landscape and among the region’s most important cultivated fruits. In the eastern Mediterranean, seeds and fruit remains from secure contexts were retrieved from several Roman settlements in Egyptian remote desert locations (Fig. Press, Oxford. Cambridge Univ. Al-Mas‘udi’s claims that in this migration, the sour orange lost much of its fragrance and color because it did not have the climate or the habitat specific to its place of origin (Calabrese, 1998). This true Citrus species originated under tropical conditions, probably in mainland Southeast Asia (Miller and Gross, 2011; Weisskopf and Fuller, 2013) and the Malay Archipelago (Scora 1975). This review article, therefore, aims to integrate recent information concerning the history of citrus together with all previous reliable information to reveal and revise the westward migration route of citrus. This leads to the conclusion that the citron tree was limited to the Iranian plateau and had not yet been cultivated west of there. If so, they passed twice through the area west of Persia and did not mention observing the growing of citron trees. The citron, more- Banqueri, Imprenta Real, Madrid, Maqāla tāmina. Univ. Egypt Exploration Society, London, Diet and vegetation at ancient Carthage: The archaeobotanical evidence. It originated in northeastern India or northern Southeast Asia, in the area from Assam, Myanmar, and Yunnan to the eastern Himalayan foothills, where it was probably also first domesticated (Fig. Since the 1880’s, it has since spread throughout the Mediterranean region, southern Europe, the Middle East, Western Australia, South and Central America, and Hawaii. So how did the first citrus arrive in the Mediterranean, and why? Tolkowsky (1966) holds that the description of the citron leaf as having a round base and a pointed end, much like the Arbutus, eliminates any intent to perhaps refer to a different Citrus because they all have either winged petioles or very narrow chisel-shaped leaves. in Hebrew, with English Abstr, Etrog of the heart: Essay on the four species. It should be noted that although citrus pollen is hardly ever airborne, it appears at high frequencies within Ramat Rahel’s palynological assemblages (up to 32%). (2002) reported that carbonized wood from a tree air-layered in a broken amphora in the sculpture garden was identified as lemon. As mentioned above, the occurrence of citrus in a wall painting may derive from familiarity with the fruit or even from foreign art experts hired to decorate a building and not necessarily on actual cultivation in a certain region. Should lice carrying the virulent strain of citrus greening disease arrive in the Mediterranean region, experts expect it to spread rapidly, as it will also be difficult to use pesticides extensively. From this overview, one can conclude that (1) the remains of citron pollen found in the royal Persian garden near Jerusalem (which was then part of a Persian province) (Langgut et al., 2013) are so far the oldest secure archaeobotanical findings in the Mediterranean Basin, indicating that citron was grown there already during the fifth and fourth centuries BC; the citron was brought to ancient Israel to display the power of the Persian ruler and it slowly penetrated into the Jewish religion and symbolic world; (2) the citron was common in important gardens in antiquity and was considered an elite product rather than a cash crop. In Antiquities of the Jews (late first century AD), Flavius Josephus describes how the Jews threw citrons at Alexander Jannaeus for disrespecting the libation ritual (compare with Mishna tractate Sukkah 4:9). With the colonisation of the Americas and Australia, the lemon – like the olive tree – spread worldwide to all the mediterranean-climate locations in which MGS has branches today. 2010 The earliest remains of a Citrus fruit from a western Mediterranean archaeological context? Press, Rariorum plantarum historia. (2002) claimed that the Romans clearly distinguished the lemon and the citron as two different fruits; the lemon and the citron are each accurately portrayed showing their different characteristics and relative sizes. In: C. Smith (ed.). Tratado de agricultura. 2011 From forest to field: Perennial fruit crop domestication Amer. Encycl. Sour orange (C. aurantium), lime (C. aurantifolia), and pummelo (C. maxima) did not reach the Mediterranean until the 10th century AD, after the Islamic conquest. University Haifa, Haifa, PhD Diss. 1587 Historia generalis plantarum 1. While citron and lemon arrived in the Mediterranean as elite products, all other citrus fruit most probably spread for economic reasons. From Italy, its cultivation spread quickly to other Mediterranean countries (Davidson, 2006). Only the rich could have afforded it. Press, Cambridge, Guo, L. 2004 Commerce, culture, and community in a Red Sea port in the thirteenth century: The Arabic documents from Quseir (Vol. The occurrence of pollen, seed, and fruit remains of citron in several sites throughout the Mediterranean dated to the Roman period attests that by that time citron became much more known in the region. 2002 Environmental changes in and around Lake Avernus in Greek and Roman times: A study of the plant and animal remains preserved in the lake’s sediment, p. 240–273. The natural history of Pompeii. One explanation may be related to preservation issues as was the case with the lowermost and uppermost parts of the Municipio section, which were pollen barren (levels dated to the third and second centuries BC and the sixth century AD, respectively; Russo-Ermolli et al., 2014). However, the rapid spread of Islam across north Africa and the continuation of Roman civilization in the Byzantine Empire would revive trade in the post-classical age. At the same time, al-Tignari from Granada also mentioned the pummelo in his writings and so did a little later by Ibn al-‘Awwam (1802). According to Pagnoux et al. In addition, since citrus plants are insect pollinated, they have low pollen dispersal efficiency. In Cumae, Lake Averno, and Municipio excavations, Citrus pollen was extracted from sediment sections. Jashemski, and F.G. Meyer (eds.). In: C.A. Banqueri, Imprenta Real, Madrid, Ibn Djuldjul 1992 Maqāla tāmina. In the fourth century mosaic from the Mausoleum of Constantia, citrons, lemons, and oranges are depicted, all of them still attached to freshly cut branches carrying green leaves. Oxbow Books, Oxford, Enquiry into plants. 2002 Roman agriculture and gardening in Egypt as seen from Kellis, p. 299–310. 4.13) is not consecutive, and no explanation is given by the authors. L’EPOS, Palermo, Ciaraldi, M. 2007 People and plants in ancient Pompeii: A new approach to urbanism from the microscope room. 1A; Scora, 1975; Spiegel-Roy and Goldschmidt, 1996) and was cultivated in its area of origin from a very early date, but it was the last major citrus fruit to travel to the west. English translation by A.F. Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire, Cairo, van der Veen, M. 2011 Consumption, trade and innovation: Exploring the botanical remains from the Roman and Islamic ports at Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt. Edition Paul Haupt, Bern, On the history and origin of citrus. The presence of pollen grains of insect-pollinated citrus is direct evidence of its actual growth in a given region (see below), unlike other archaeobotanical remains (seeds, rinds, charcoal and wood remains, and chemical analysis) that may reflect importation of fruit, small wooden objects, or even timber rather than the actual growing of the tree. 45 110 117, Ibn al-‘Awwam 1802 Kitāb al-filāha. & Langgut, D. 2012 The riddle of Ramat Rahel: The archaeology of a royal edifice from the Persian periods Transeuphraten 41 57 79, Liran, N. 2013 The etrog in the Jewish culture: Interdisciplinary study of the ritual object throughout the ages. 3) Dating—a critical issue in archaeology in general and in archaeobotany in particular; during historical periods, the dating of archaeological excavations relies mainly on typology of artifacts (such as pottery and coins) and. Archaeobotanical evidence indicates that in the Nippur archaeological excavation, in the south of ancient Babylonia, citrus seeds dating to the Sumerian period (≈2000 BC) were discovered (cited by Bonavia, 1894: 68). 1990 The possible role of Yunnan, China, in the origin of contemporary Citrus species (Rutaceae) Econ. 3). Yet, van der Veen (2011) claims that lemon seeds from Medieval Syrian sites (11–14th century AD) show great resemblance to the type of Queir al-Qadim’s lime seeds and in her opinion were previously misidentified (as lemon instead of lime). Yet, Weisskopf and Fuller (2013) suggested that citron originated in the westernmost area in comparison with other citrus species, probably in the central Himalayan foothills, where it was first domesticated (Fig. In: V. Zech, G. Fiorentino, and S. Coubray (eds.). According to van Zeist et al. Citrus pollen (not identified to the species level) starts to appear somewhere between two available 14C dates (but not right at the beginning), which covers a time interval from the mid-8th century BC to the second century AD. Africa. The most notable are ‘greasy spot’ and ‘alternaria spot’. & Ramón-Laca, L. 2005 Pharmacological properties of Citrus and their ancient and medieval uses in the Mediterranean region J. Ethnopharmacol. In: T. Fahd (ed.). The verse in Leviticus 23:40 instructing the holding of the four species (“And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days”) clearly refers to two known species (willow and palm), but researchers have found it difficult to determine whether “the fruit of goodly trees” and “boughs of thick trees” refer to specific species or can be summarized as general instructions. 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