Luxi-Ponkan has a long history ,and it can be traced back to the spring and Autumn period, Chu Sanlv Dafu Quyuan praised it "Royal good tree was born in the South country" in his famous writings "Hymn To the Orange Tree".The quality of Luxi-Ponkan is quite excellent, because it is growing in the depths of the mountain soil which is rich in rare earth elements and no pollution.Luxi-Ponkan has the characteristics of beautiful shape, good taste, rich fragrance and refreshing.
　　For thousands of years, Luxi Ponkan has been tributes for the imperial court,so it has a very high reputation. In the 1980s,the County senior agronomist Yang Shengtao hosted to breed "8304"、"8306" two Ponkan excellent strain system,which has the early ripe and high-producing characteristics. The general weight of per fruit is about 130 grams, easy to peel thin, colorful, delicious, flesh orange red, juicy, tightly organized, sweet crisp, refreshing and a small seed. The fruit of edible part is about 72%--79%, soluble solids is about 13%---14% and total sugar is about 11.6%--11.72%,and total acid is 0.52%--0.77%, vitamin C is about 23.4 - 25.68mg/100ml, and it contains a variety of trace elements in the human body,has a good excellent quality, easy to store,and won the consumer's deeply favor.
　　 Because Luxi county plants the Ponkon in a wide area,and it has a long history and excellent quality, so Luxi is known for "township of Chinese Ponkon",and the Ponkan Luxi produced are collectively referred to as" Luxi Se Ponkan ".
　　The existing Ponkan planted area of Luxi County is about 18 million mu,and the annual output is expected to reach above 20 million tons.The ponkon ?industry has become the leading industry in Luxi rural economy.