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{{Short description|Citrus fruit and plant}}
{{Taxobox
|name = 'Hebesu'
|image = Hebezu.jpg
|image_caption = 'Hebesu'
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Sapindales]]
|familia = [[Rutaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Citrus]]''
|species = '''''C.'' × ''hebesu'''''
|binomial = ''Citrus'' × ''hebesu''
|binomial_authority = Hort. ex Fujita ,<ref name=doczz>{{Cite web |title=59th TEAC 2015, Symposium on the Chemistry of Terpenes, Essential Oils and Aromatics |url=http://doczz.net/doc/2683443/teac-59-scientific-programme--updated-17th-aug- |access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''Hebesu''' or '''hebezu''' (平兵衛酢) is a small [[Japan]]ese citrus fruit. It is green in color, rich in acid and reported to have high amounts of a specific [[flavonoid]] which supposedly has anti-cancer properties.<ref name=storage>{{cite journal|last1=Tatsumi|first1=Y.|title=Studies on the storage of hebezu fruits [Citrus sp.]|journal=Miyazaki Daigaku Nogakubu, Kenkyu Hokoku|volume=47|issue=1-2|url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=JP2001004869|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=asahi>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hebesu|encyclopedia=Asahi Shimbun Keisai Keyword|publisher=Asahi Shimbun Shuppan|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%B8%E3%81%B9%E3%81%99?dic=news|access-date=9 September 2014|archive-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215824/http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%B8%E3%81%B9%E3%81%99?dic=news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The fruit is considered a local delicacy of [[Hyūga, Miyazaki]]. It has been claimed it is similar to both [[kabosu]] (''Citrus sphaerocarpa'') and [[sudachi]] (''Citrus sudach'') but the fruit is not as well known outside [[Miyazaki Prefecture]].<ref name=jtimes>{{cite news|title=Lady Hebe promotional character intrigues Japan|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/04/national/lady-hebe-promotional-character-intrigues-japan/|access-date=9 September 2014|agency=Kyodo|publisher=The Japan Times|date=August 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name=daijs>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hebesu |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus  |publisher=Shogakukan|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B9%B3%E5%85%B5%E8%A1%9B%E9%85%A2?dic=daijisenplus&oid=00701150|access-date=9 September 2014}}</ref> Supposedly, the fruit was initially found during the [[Edo period]] by a Chōsokabe Heibei, from whom the fruit got its name (which means "Hebe's vinegar"). Chōsokabe began growing it on his land in what is now the Nishikawauchi Tomitaka area of Hyūga city.<ref>{{cite web|title=長曽我部平兵衛|url=http://www.kanshin.com/keyword/1493526|publisher=SIIIS, Inc.|access-date=2014-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001837/http://www.kanshin.com/keyword/1493526|archive-date=2014-09-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Hebesu are grown in greenhouses are available from June, while those grown outdoor ship between the end of July until October.<ref name=asahi />
The [[essential oil]]s of the peel of the fruit have been studied,<ref name=doczz/> as well as an [[oxygen]] effects study.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Varit |last=Srilaong |first2=Yasuo |last2=Tatsumi |title=Effects of various oxygen atmospheres on physiology and quality in Cavendish banana and 'Hebezu' citrus fruits |journal=Food Preservation Science |volume=28 |number=6 |year=2002 |pages=307–315 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jafps1997/28/6/28_6_307/_article |format=PDF |doi=10.5891/jafps.28.307 |access-date=19 January 2017|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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