Sweet orange (Exp.) EO
Origin: Brazil

• Details and product description

  Introduction:

  Evergreen tree of about 6 m high, smaller than the bitter variety. The scented small fragrant white flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by Apomictic (reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion) and insects. The plant is then self-fertile. Non thorny small branches. Leaves are oval, sharp, tough, dark-shiny green on top, lighter green underneath. Fruits are spherical with orange or reddish coloured peel, with or without seeds depending upon the variety. Juicy, sweet and little acidulous pulp. The seed (or pip) is without albumen. 

  History:

  Arabs took it to Syria, Egypt and Palestine. From there it was introduced by the Portuguese into the Mediterranean basin in the XVth century, long after the bitter orange tree. Citrus arrived in Florida before 1565, but only became an important industry after Florida ceded from Spain in 1821. Orange comes from the Arabian word narangja, borrowed from Sanskrit nagarunga, which means "the favourite fruit of elephants".

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