Sport (botany)
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In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports may differ by foliage shape or color, flowers,
Foliage of a dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica'), with a branch showing reversion to the normal Alberta white spruce growth habit of larger leaves and longer internodes.
Cara Cara navel orange
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The Cara Cara navel orange, or red-fleshed navel orange, is an early-to-midseason navel orange noted for its pinkish-to-reddish-orange flesh.
Sport (botany)
…nectarine, at least some of which developed as a bud sport from peaches. Other common fruits resulting from a sport mutation are the red Anjou pear, the Cara Cara orange, the Ruby Red grapefruit, and the variegated pink lemon, which is a sport of the "Eureka" lemon. The use of spontaneous mutations in plant breeding may…
Cara cara orange cut in half