Serves the internal and mainly external fresh fruit market. The cultivar is free from the citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) agent, but has cannelures of the citrus sadness virus (CTV), and its planting should be avoided in regions where low temperatures occur.

The adult plant has a rounded crown, with a volume of 27 m³, medium size (3.0 m in height). The fruit is small in size, ovoid in shape, weight 96 g, 44% juice, seedless, total soluble solids (TSS) 7.5%, total acidity (TA) 6.9% and TSS/AT ratio 1.1 . The peel is smooth and has a uniform intense green color and citrus pulp. Flowering occurs mainly in September. Maturation occurs throughout the year, with greater intensity in the first semester. At eight years of age, at a spacing of 5.5 m x 4.0 m, productivity is around 51 tons of fruits per hectare, with a productive efficiency of 2.9 kg of fruits/m³ of canopy.

The cultivar CNPMF 5059 is a genotype of unknown origin, which was introduced into the Active Citrus Germplasm Bank of Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura and evaluated for successive years in terms of vigor, productivity and plant health.