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The '''orange''', also called '''sweet orange''' to distinguish it from the [[bitter orange]] (''Citrus × aurantium''), is the [[fruit]] of a tree in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rutaceae]]. Botanically, this is the hybrid [[Citrus × sinensis|''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'']], between the [[pomelo]] (''Citrus maxima'') and the [[mandarin orange]] (''Citrus reticulata''). The [[chloroplast]] [[genome]], and therefore the maternal line, is that of pomelo. There are many related hybrids including of mandarins and sweet orange. The sweet orange has had its full [[Whole genome sequencing|genome sequenced]].
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|species = '''''C. × sinensis'''''
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The orange originated in a region encompassing [[Southern China]], [[Northeast India]], and [[Myanmar]]; the earliest mention of the sweet orange was in [[Chinese literature]] in 314 BC. Orange trees are widely grown in tropical and subtropical areas for their sweet fruit. The fruit of the [[orange tree]] can be eaten fresh or processed for its juice or fragrant [[peel (fruit)|peel]]. In 2022, 76 million [[tonne]]s of oranges were grown worldwide, with [[Brazil]] producing 22% of the total, followed by [[India]] and [[China]].
An '''orange'''—specifically, the '''sweet orange'''—is the [[citrus]] ''Citrus [[hybrid name|×]] {{zwsp}}sinensis'' (''Citrus sinensis'' (L.) Osbeck) and its [[fruit]].<ref name=usda_>{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CISI3|title=Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck (pro sp.) (maxima × reticulata) sweet orange|work=Plants.USDA.gov}}</ref> It was the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world (as of 1987).<ref name=morton>Morton, J., [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/orange.html ''Fruits of Warm Climates''] (1987) Miami, FL, pp. 134–142.</ref>


Oranges, variously understood, have featured in human culture since ancient times. They first appear in Western art in the ''[[Arnolfini Portrait]]'' by [[Jan van Eyck]], but they had been depicted in Chinese art centuries earlier, as in Zhao Lingrang's [[Song dynasty]] fan painting ''Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines''. By the 17th century, an orangery had become an item of prestige in Europe, as seen at the [[Versailles Orangerie]]. More recently, artists such as [[Vincent van Gogh]], [[John Sloan]], and [[Henri Matisse]] included oranges in their paintings.
The orange is a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between [[pomelo]] (''Citrus maxima'') and [[Mandarin orange|mandarin]] (''Citrus reticulata'').<ref name="Nicolosi">{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s001220051419 |title=Citrus phylogeny and genetic origin of important species as investigated by molecular markers |year=2000 |last1=Nicolosi |first1=E. |last2=Deng |first2=Z. N. |last3=Gentile |first3=A. |last4=La Malfa |first4=S. |last5=Continella |first5=G. |last6=Tribulato |first6=E. |journal=TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics |volume=100 |issue=8 |pages=1155–1166}}</ref> It is an [[evergreen]] [[Flowering plant|flowering]] tree generally growing to 9–10&nbsp;m high (although very old specimens have reached 15&nbsp;m).<ref name=webber4/> The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged alternately, are [[ovate]] in shape with [[crenulate]] margins and are 4–10&nbsp;cm long.<ref>[http://www.eol.org/pages/582206 Citrus sinensis – Encyclopedia of Life]. EOL. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> The orange fruit is a [[hesperidium]], a type of [[berry]].<ref name="Bailey">Bailey, H. and E. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third. Cornell University MacMillan. N.Y. p 275.</ref>


== Description ==
Orange trees are widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical climates for the sweet fruit, which is peeled or cut (to avoid the bitter rind) and eaten whole, or processed to extract [[orange juice]], and for the fragrant peel.<ref name="ars-grin.gov">[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10782 Citrus sinensis information from NPGS/GRIN]. Ars-grin.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> In 2008, 68.5 million tons of oranges were grown worldwide, primarily in Brazil and the US states [[California]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.consumersunion.org/food/0908fooddc998.htm|title = States Which Produce the Most of Popular Kids Food |accessdate = November 17, 2011}}</ref> and [[Florida]].<ref>[http://www.fao.org/es/ess/top/commodity.html?lang=en&item=490&year=2005 FAO Statistics] Statistics for 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-16.</ref>


The orange tree is a relatively small [[evergreen]], [[Flowering plant|flowering]] tree, with an average height of {{cvt|9|to|10|m}}, although some very old specimens can reach {{cvt|15|m}}.<ref name="webber4">{{cite book |editor-last1=Webber |editor-first1=Herbert John |editor-last2=''rev'' Walter Reuther and Harry W. Lawton |last=Hodgson |first=Willard |chapter=Chapter 4: Horticultural Varieties of Citrus |title=The Citrus Industry |publisher=University of California Division of Agricultural Sciences |year=1967–1989 |orig-year=1943 |location=Riverside, California |chapter-url=http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205061009/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html |archive-date=2012-02-05}}</ref> Its oval [[leaf|leaves]], which are [[leaf arrangement|alternately arranged]], are {{convert|4|to|10|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and have [[crenulate]] margins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eol.org/pages/582206 |title=Sweet Orange – Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (pro. sp.) – Overview – Encyclopedia of Life |website=[[Encyclopedia of Life]] |access-date=2011-01-18 |archive-date=2010-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204135918/http://www.eol.org/pages/582206 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sweet oranges grow in a range of different sizes, and shapes varying from spherical to oblong. Inside and attached to the rind is a porous white tissue, the white, bitter [[mesocarp]] or albedo (''[[pith]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/pith |title=Pith dictionary definition – pith defined |website=www.yourdictionary.com |access-date=2011-01-17 |archive-date=2011-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512173111/http://www.yourdictionary.com/pith |url-status=live }}</ref> The orange contains a number of distinct ''[[carpel]]s'' (segments or pigs, botanically the fruits) inside, typically about ten, each delimited by a membrane and containing many [[Juice vesicles|juice-filled vesicles]] and usually a few [[seed|pips]]. When unripe, the fruit is green. The grainy irregular rind of the ripe fruit can range from bright orange to yellow-orange, but frequently retains green patches or, under warm climate conditions, remains entirely green. Like all other citrus fruits, the sweet orange is non-[[Climacteric (botany)|climacteric]], not ripening off the tree. The ''Citrus sinensis'' group is subdivided into four classes with distinct characteristics: common oranges, blood or pigmented oranges, navel oranges, and acidless oranges.<ref name=Kimball>{{cite book |last=Kimball |first=Dan A. |title=Citrus processing: a complete guide |publisher=Springer |edition=2d |date=June 30, 1999 |location=New York |page=450 |isbn=978-0-8342-1258-9}}</ref><ref name=Webber1>{{cite web |last1=Webber |first1=Herbert John |last2=Reuther |first2=Walter |last3=Lawton |first3=Harry W. |title=The Citrus Industry |publisher=[[University of California]] Division of Agricultural Sciences |year=1967–1989 |orig-year=1903 |location=Riverside, California |url=http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604204203/http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-06-04}}</ref><ref name=Sauls/> The fruit is a [[hesperidium]], a modified [[berry (botany)|berry]]; it is covered by a [[Peel (fruit)|rind]] formed by a rugged thickening of the [[Fruit anatomy#Pericarp layers|ovary wall]].<ref name="Bailey">Bailey, H. and Bailey, E. (1976). ''Hortus Third''. [[Cornell University]] MacMillan. N.Y. p. 275.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esu.edu/~milewski/intro_biol_two/lab_4_seeds_fruits/Seeds_and_Fruits.html |title=Seed and Fruits |website=esu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114115047/http://www.esu.edu/~milewski/intro_biol_two/lab_4_seeds_fruits/Seeds_and_Fruits.html |archive-date=2010-11-14}}</ref>
Oranges probably originated in [[Southeast Asia]]<ref name="ars-grin.gov"/> and were cultivated in China by 2500 BC. The fruit of ''Citrus sinensis'' is called ''sweet orange'' to distinguish it from ''Citrus aurantium'', the [[bitter orange]]. The name is thought to derive ultimately from the [[Sanskrit]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Douglas |last=Harper |authorlink=Douglas Harper |title=orange |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=orange |work=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]}}</ref> word for the orange tree (नारङगम्, ''Nārangam''), with its final form developing after passing through numerous intermediate languages.


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In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple", e.g., [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''sinaasappel'' ("China's apple") or ''appelsien'', or northern German ''Apfelsine''.<ref>[http://en.bab.la/dictionary/dutch-english/sinaasappel sinaasappel – English translation – bab.la Dutch-English dictionary]. En.bab.la (2011-03-24). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> In English, however, "Chinese apple" generally refers to the [[pomegranate]].<ref>[http://www.food-dictionary.com/definition/Chinese-apple.html] {{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref>
File:Orange Blossom.JPG|Flowers
File:Orange tree fruiting.jpg|Fruit starting to develop
File:OrangeBloss wb.jpg|Flowers and fruit simultaneously
File:Laranxeira Naranjo GFDL.JPG|Mature tree in [[Galicia, Spain]], fruiting in November
File:Structure of an orange.svg|Structure of the botanical [[hesperidium]]
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== Terminology and scope ==
== History ==
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[[File:Orange and cross section.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Orange fruit and cross section]]


=== Hybrid origins ===
All citrus trees are of the single [[genus]] ''Citrus'' and remain almost entirely interfertile; that is, there is only one "[[superspecies]]" which includes [[grapefruit]]s, [[lemon]]s, [[lime (fruit)|limes]], oranges, and numerous other types and hybrids.<ref>[http://www.scientific-web.com/en/Biology/Taxonomy/Superspecies.html Superspecies]. Scientific-web.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>
''[[Citrus]]'' trees are [[angiosperms]], and most species are almost entirely [[Hybrid plant|interfertile]]. This includes [[grapefruit]]s, [[lemon]]s, [[lime (fruit)|limes]], oranges, and many [[citrus hybrids]]. As the interfertility of oranges and other citrus has produced numerous hybrids and [[cultivar]]s, and [[Sport (botany)|bud mutations]] have also been selected, [[citrus taxonomy]] has proven difficult.<ref name="Nicolosi">{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s001220051419 |title=Citrus phylogeny and genetic origin of important species as investigated by molecular markers |year=2000 |last1=Nicolosi |first1=E. |last2=Deng |first2=Z. N. |last3=Gentile |first3=A. |last4=La Malfa |first4=S. |last5=Continella |first5=G. |last6=Tribulato |first6=E. |journal=[[Theoretical and Applied Genetics]] |volume=100 |issue=8 |pages=1155–1166 |s2cid=24057066 }}</ref>


The sweet orange, ''[[Citrus × sinensis|Citrus x sinensis]]'',<ref name="USDA">{{cite web |url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CISI3 |title=Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck (pro sp.) (maxima × reticulata) sweet orange |work=Plants.USDA.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512023634/http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CISI3 |archive-date=May 12, 2011 }}</ref> is not a wild fruit, but arose in [[domestication]] in East Asia. It originated in a region encompassing [[Southern China]], [[Northeast India]],<ref name="Morton 1987">{{cite book |title=Fruits of Warm Climates |last=Morton |first=Julia F. |year=1987 |pages=134–142 |url=https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/orange.html |access-date=2020-05-05 |archive-date=2019-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526032938/https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/orange.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Genus Citrus |last1=Talon |first1=Manuel |last2=Caruso |first2=Marco |last3=Gmitter |first3=Fred G. Jr. |year=2020 |publisher=[[Woodhead Publishing]] |page=17 |isbn=978-0128122174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dslaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 |access-date=2020-05-05 |archive-date=2024-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316051931/https://books.google.com/books?id=dslaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nevertheless, names have been given to the various members of the genus. The name "orange" applies primarily to the sweet orange, ''Citrus sinensis'', which accounts for about 70% of world citrus production.<ref name="citrusgenomedb.org">[http://www.citrusgenomedb.org/organisms ''Organisms'']. Citrus Genome Database</ref> This article is limited to ''Citrus sinensis'' and its hybrids.
The fruit was created as a cross between a non-pure [[mandarin orange]] and a hybrid [[pomelo]] that had a substantial mandarin component.<ref name=fullgenome>{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/ng.2472 |volume=45 |title=The draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) |journal=[[Nature Genetics]] |pages=59–66 |pmid=23179022 |date=Jan 2013 |last1=Xu |first1=Q. |last2=Chen |first2=L.L. |last3=Ruan |first3=X. |last4=Chen |first4=D. |last5=Zhu |first5=A. |last6=Chen |first6=C. |last7=Bertrand |first7=D. |last8=Jiao |first8=W.B. |last9=Hao |first9=B.H. |last10=Lyon |first10=M.P. |last11=Chen |first11=J. |last12=Gao |first12=S. |display-authors=6 |issue=1 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="AGLthesis">{{cite thesis |title=Organización de la diversidad genética de los cítricos |year=2013 |last=Andrés García Lor |url=https://riunet.upv.es/bitstream/handle/10251/31518/Versi%C3%B3n3.Tesis%20Andr%C3%A9s%20Garc%C3%ADa-Lor.pdf |page=79 |access-date=2015-04-24 |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225034715/https://riunet.upv.es/bitstream/handle/10251/31518/Versi%C3%B3n3.Tesis%20Andr%C3%A9s%20Garc%C3%ADa-Lor.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Since its [[chloroplast DNA]] is that of pomelo, it was likely the hybrid pomelo, perhaps a pomelo [[backcrossing|BC1 backcross]], that was the maternal parent of the first orange.<ref name=genealogy_review>{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nbt.2954 |volume=32 |issue=7 |title=A genealogy of the citrus family |journal=Nature Biotechnology |pages=640–642 |pmid=25004231 |last1=Velasco |first1=R. |last2=Licciardello |first2=C. |year=2014 |s2cid=9357494 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Wu>{{cite journal |title=Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pomelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication |journal=Nature Biotechnology |last=Wu |first=G. Albert |volume=32 |issue=7 |doi=10.1038/nbt.2906 |pages=656–662 |pmid=24908277 |pmc=4113729 |year=2014 }}</ref> Based on genomic analysis, the relative proportions of the ancestral species in the sweet orange are approximately 42% pomelo and 58% mandarin.<ref name="Wu Terol Ibanez 2018">{{cite journal |title=Genomics of the origin and evolution of ''Citrus'' |last1=Wu |first1=Guohong Albert |last2=Terol |first2=Javier |last3=Ibanez |first3=Victoria |last4=López-García |first4=Antonio |last5=Pérez-Román |first5=Estela |last6=Borredá |first6=Carles |last7=Domingo |first7=Concha |last8=Tadeo |first8=Francisco R. |last9=Carbonell-Caballero |first9=Jose |last10=Alonso |first10=Roberto |last11=Curk |first11=Franck |last12=Du |first12=Dongliang |last13=Ollitrault |first13=Patrick |last14=Roose |first14=Mikeal L. Roose |last15=Dopazo |first15=Joaquin |last16=Gmitter Jr |first16=Frederick G. |last17=Rokhsar |first17=Daniel |last18=Talon |first18=Manuel |display-authors=6 |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |year=2018 |volume=554 |issue=7692 |pages=311–316 |doi=10.1038/nature25447 |pmid=29414943 |bibcode=2018Natur.554..311W |doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11939/5741 |hdl-access=free}} and Supplement</ref> All varieties of the sweet orange descend from this prototype cross, differing only by mutations selected for during agricultural propagation.<ref name=Wu/> Sweet oranges have a distinct origin from the bitter orange, which arose independently, perhaps in the wild, from a cross between pure mandarin and pomelo parents.<ref name=Wu/>


Sweet oranges have in turn given rise to many further hybrids including the [[grapefruit]], which arose from a sweet orange x pomelo backcross. Spontaneous and engineered backcrosses between the sweet orange and mandarin oranges or tangerines have produced the [[clementine]] and [[murcott (fruit)|murcott]]<!--[[tangor]]s-->. The ambersweet is a complex sweet orange x (Orlando [[tangelo]] x clementine) hybrid.<ref name="Wu Terol Ibanez 2018"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bai |first1=Jinhe |last2=Baldwin |first2=Elizabeth B. |last3=Hearn |first3=Jake |last4=Driggers |first4=Randy |last5=Stover |first5=Ed |title=Volatile Profile Comparison of USDA Sweet Orange-like Hybrids versus 'Hamlin' and 'Ambersweet' |year=2014 |journal=[[HortScience]] |volume=49 |issue=10 |pages=1262–1267 |url=http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/49/10/1262.full |doi=10.21273/HORTSCI.49.10.1262 |doi-access=free |access-date=2018-03-18 |archive-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721041615/http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/49/10/1262.full |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[citrange]]s are a group of sweet orange x [[trifoliate orange]] (''Citrus trifoliata'') hybrids.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trifoliate hybrids |url=http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/trifoliatehybrids.html |website=University of California at Riverside, Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection |accessdate=15 March 2024 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113508/https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/trifoliatehybrids.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Other citrus species known as oranges include:
[[File:Satsuma mandarin-cutout.jpg|thumb|[[Citrus unshiu|Satsuma]]]]
* The [[bitter orange]], ''Citrus aurantium'', also known as Seville orange, sour orange (especially when used as rootstock for a sweet orange tree), bigarade orange, and marmalade orange.
* The [[bergamot orange]], ''Citrus bergamia Risso'', which is grown primarily in Italy and used primarily for the peel, which flavours [[Earl Grey tea|Earl Grey]] tea.
* The [[mandarin orange]] ''Citrus reticulata'', which itself has an enormous number of cultivars (most notably the [[satsuma (fruit)|satsuma]] ''(C. unshiu)'', [[tangerine]] ''(Citrus × tangerina)'' and [[clementine]] ''(C. clementina)''. In some cultivars the mandarin resembles the sweet orange and is difficult to distinguish from it, but it is generally smaller and/or oblate rather than round in shape, easier to peel, and less acid.<ref>[http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/tangerines.html Tangerines (mandarin oranges) nutrition facts and health benefits]. Nutrition-and-you.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>
* The [[trifoliate orange]] (''Poncirus trifoliata'') is sometimes included in the genus and classified as an orange (''Citrus trifoliata''). It is often used as [[rootstock]] for sweet orange trees, especially as a hybrid with other ''Citrus'' cultivars. The trifoliate orange is a thorny shrub or small tree grown primarily for its foliage and flowers, or as a barrier hedge; however, it bears a downy fruit resembling a small citrus fruit, from which marmalade is sometimes made. It is native to northern China and Korea, and is also known as "hardy orange" (because it can withstand sub-freezing temperatures) or "Chinese bitter orange".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/hardy_orange_2-9-07.htm|title=Plant of the Week. Hardy Orange or Trifoliate Orange. Latin: Poncirus trifoliat|publisher=University of Arkansas. Division of Agriculture}}</ref>


[[File:Hybrid origins of orange.svg|thumb|center|upright=2|The orange is a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] of [[Mandarin orange|mandarin]] and [[pomelo]].<ref name="Wu Terol Ibanez 2018"/>]]
Taxonomy of the orange (and citrus in general) presents difficulties; the interfertility of citrus has resulted in numerous hybrids, bud unions, and cultivars; taxonomy is often controversial, confusing, or inconsistent.<ref name=Nicolosi/><ref name="citrusgenomedb.org"/>


=== Arab Agricultural Revolution ===
The fruit of a member of the genus ''Citrus'' is considered a [[hesperidium]], a kind of modified [[berry]], because it has numerous [[seed]]s, is fleshy and soft, derives from a single [[ovary (plants)|ovary]], and is covered by a rind created by a leathery thickening of the ovary wall.<ref name="Bailey" /><ref>[http://www.esu.edu/~milewski/intro_biol_two/lab_4_seeds_fruits/Seeds_and_Fruits.html Seed and Fruits]. Esu.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> An orange seed is called a "pip".<ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/pip pip – Definition with thesaurus, examples, audio and more]. Yourdictionary.com (2011-09-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> The white thread-like material attached to the inside of the peel is called [[pith]].<ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/pith pith – Definition with thesaurus, examples, audio and more]. Yourdictionary.com (2011-09-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>


{{further|Arab Agricultural Revolution}}
Although the sweet orange will grow to different sizes and colours according to local conditions, it most commonly has ten ''[[carpel]]s'', or segments, inside. Unripe fruit is green. The pebbled exterior of ripe fruit can be bright orange to yellow-orange, but often retains a considerable amount of the green colour of unripe fruit. Oranges are delicious.


[[File:Bayad-wa-riyadبياض-و-رياض-.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Arab Agricultural Revolution]] spread citrus fruits as far as the Iberian Peninsula. Page from the ''[[Hadith Bayad wa Riyad]]'', 13th century]]
Orange trees are generally grafted; the bottom part of the tree, including the roots and trunk, is called the [[rootstock]], while the fruit-producing top part of the tree is called [[budwood]] (when talking about the process of grafting) or [[scion (grafting)|scion]] (when talking about the variety of orange).<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion Scion – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary]. Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>
In Europe, the [[Moors]] introduced citrus fruits including the bitter orange, lemon, and lime to [[Al-Andalus]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]] during the [[Arab Agricultural Revolution]].<ref name="Watson 1974">{{cite journal |last=Watson |first=Andrew M. |year=1974 |title=The Arab Agricultural Revolution and Its Diffusion, 700–1100 |journal=The Journal of Economic History |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=8–35 |doi=10.1017/S0022050700079602 |jstor=2116954|s2cid=154359726 }}</ref> Large-scale cultivation started in the 10th century, as evidenced by complex irrigation techniques specifically adapted to support orange orchards.<ref>{{cite web |last=Trillo San José |first=Carmen |title=Water and landscape in Granada |url=http://canal.ugr.es/prensa-y-comunicacion/science-news-ugr/social-economic-and-legal-sciences/sugar-cane-cumin-and-orange-grove-crops-were-adapted-in-alandalus-from-the-10th-century/ |date=1 September 2003 |publisher=[[University of Granada]] |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071051/http://canal.ugr.es/prensa-y-comunicacion/science-news-ugr/social-economic-and-legal-sciences/sugar-cane-cumin-and-orange-grove-crops-were-adapted-in-alandalus-from-the-10th-century/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Watson 1974"/> Citrus fruits—among them the bitter orange—were introduced to Sicily in the 9th century during the period of the [[Emirate of Sicily]], but the sweet orange was unknown there until the late 15th century or the beginnings of the 16th century, when Italian and Portuguese merchants brought orange trees into the Mediterranean area.<ref name="Morton 1987"/>


=== Spread across Europe ===
''Citrus Sinensis'' (L.) Osbeck is broken down into four groups with distinct characteristics: Common oranges, blood oranges, navels, and acidless oranges.<ref name=Kimball>{{Cite document
Shortly afterward, the sweet orange quickly was adopted as an edible fruit. It was considered a luxury food grown by wealthy people in private conservatories, called [[orangerie]]s. By 1646, the sweet orange was well known throughout Europe; it went on to become the most often cultivated of all fruit trees.<ref name="Morton 1987"/> [[Louis XIV]] of France had a great love of orange trees and built the grandest of all royal [[Orangerie of Versailles|Orangeries]] at the [[Palace of Versailles]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Leroux |first=Jean-Baptiste |title=The Gardens of Versailles |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |year=2002 |page=368}}</ref> At Versailles, potted orange trees in solid silver tubs were placed throughout the rooms of the palace, while the Orangerie allowed year-round cultivation of the fruit to supply the court. When Louis condemned his finance minister, [[Nicolas Fouquet]], in 1664, part of the treasures that he confiscated were over 1,000 orange trees from Fouquet's estate at [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Mitford |first=Nancy |author-link=Nancy Mitford |title=The Sun King |publisher=[[Sphere Books]] |year=1966 |page=11}}</ref>
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=== To the Americas ===
== Varieties ==
=== Common oranges ===
Common oranges (also called "white", "round" or "blond" oranges) make up about two-thirds of all oranges grown and include all oranges not described in one of the other three groups. They are used primarily for juice production.<ref name=Kimball/><ref name="Sauls" />


{{further|Columbian exchange}}
==== Valencia ====
{{Main|Valencia orange}}


Spanish travelers introduced the sweet orange to the American continent. On his second voyage in 1493, [[Christopher Columbus]] may have planted the fruit on [[Hispaniola]].<ref name=Sauls>{{cite web |last=Sauls |first=Julian W. |title=Home Fruit Production – Oranges |url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/oranges.htm |publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] |access-date=30 November 2012 |date=December 1998 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510155730/https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/oranges.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent expeditions in the mid-1500s brought sweet oranges to South America and Mexico, and to Florida in 1565, when [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] founded [[St. Augustine, Florida|St Augustine]]. [[Spanish missions in Arizona|Spanish missionaries]] brought orange trees to Arizona between 1707 and 1710, while the [[Spanish missions in California|Franciscans]] did the same in San Diego, California, in 1769.<ref name="Morton 1987"/> [[Archibald Menzies]], the botanist on the [[Vancouver Expedition]], collected orange seeds in South Africa, raised the seedlings on board, and gave them to several Hawaiian chiefs in 1792. The sweet orange came to be grown across the [[Hawaiian Islands]], but its cultivation stopped after the arrival of the [[Ceratitis capitata|Mediterranean fruit fly]] in the early 1900s.<ref name="Morton 1987"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mau |first1=Ronald |last2=Kessing |first2=Jayma Martin |title=Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) |url=http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/ceratiti.htm |publisher=[[University of Hawaii]] |access-date=5 December 2012 |date=April 2007 |archive-date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718012506/http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/ceratiti.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Florida]] farmers obtained seeds from New Orleans around 1872, after which orange groves were established by grafting the sweet orange on to sour orange rootstocks.<ref name="Morton 1987"/>
The [[Valencia orange|Valencia]] or [[Murcia]] orange is one of the sweet oranges used for juice extraction. It is a late-season fruit, and therefore a popular variety when the navel oranges are out of season. For this reason, the orange was chosen to be the official [[mascot]] of the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], which was held in Spain. The mascot was called "[[Naranjito (mascot)|Naranjito]]" ("little orange"), and wore the colours of the Spanish football team uniform.


=====Hart's Tardiff Valencia=====
=== Etymology ===
{{main|Orange (word)|l1=''Orange'' (word)}}
Thomas Rivers, an English nurseryman, imported this variety from the Azores Islands and catalogued it in 1865 under the name Excelsior. About 1870, he provided trees to S. B. Parsons, a Long Island nurseryman, who sold trees to E. H. Hart of Federal Point, Florida.<ref name=coit>{{cite book|author=John Eliot Coit|title=Citrus fruits: an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M54UAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2 October 2011|year=1915|publisher=The Macmillan Company}}</ref>
The word "orange" derives ultimately from [[Proto-Dravidian]] or [[Tamil language|Tamil]] {{lang|ta|நாரம்}} ({{transliteration |ta|nāram}}). From there the word entered [[Sanskrit]] {{lang|sa|नारङ्ग}} ({{transliteration|sa|nāraṅga}}), meaning 'orange tree'. The Sanskrit word reached [[Languages of Europe|European languages]] through [[Persian language|Persian]] {{lang|fa|نارنگ}} ({{transliteration|fa|nārang}}) and its [[Arabic language|Arabic]] derivative {{lang|ar|نارنج}} ({{transliteration|ar|nāranj}}).<ref name="Online Etym">{{cite web |title=orange (n.) |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/orange |publisher=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221041826/https://www.etymonline.com/word/orange |url-status=live }}</ref>


The word entered [[Late Middle English]] in the 14th century via [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|pomme d'orenge}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of ''orange'' |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/orange?q=orange |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511044657/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/orange?q=orange |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |publisher=[[OED]] online (www.oxforddictionaries.com)}}</ref> Other forms include [[Old Provençal]] {{lang|pro|auranja}},<ref name="Collins">{{cite web |title=Definition of ''orange'' |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/orange?showCookiePolicy=true |publisher=[[Collins English Dictionary]] (collinsdictionary.com) |access-date=2012-12-05 |archive-date=2013-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403180939/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/orange?showCookiePolicy=true |url-status=live }}</ref> Italian ''arancia'', formerly ''narancia''.<ref name="Online Etym"/> In several languages, the initial ''n'' present in earlier forms of the word dropped off because it may have been mistaken as part of an indefinite article ending in an ''n'' sound. In French, for example, {{lang|fr|une norenge}} may have been heard as {{lang|fr|une orenge}}. This linguistic change is called [[juncture loss]]. [[orange (color)|The color]] was named after the fruit,<ref>{{cite book |last=Paterson |first=Ian |title=A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour |edition=1st paperback |year=2003 |publication-date=2004 |publisher=Thorogood |location=London |isbn=978-1-85418-375-0 |oclc=60411025 |page=280}}</ref> with the first recorded use of ''orange'' as a color name in English in 1512.<ref>{{cite OED |term=orange colour |id=132168}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Maerz |first=Aloys John |last2=Morris |first2=Rea Paul |title=A Dictionary of Color |location=New York |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1930 |page=200}}</ref>
====Hamlin====
The Hamlin orange was once the most important juice orange in Florida, replacing the inferior Parson Brown variety as the principal early-season juice orange. Today it is the predominant early-season orange grown in Florida and Brazil. It thrives in humid subtropical climates and is for that reason found primarily in Florida and Brazil; cooler, more arid climates (such as California) produce edible fruit, but the size is too small for commercial use.<ref name=webber4>{{Cite book
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[[File:Orange etymology.svg|thumb|center|upright=2|Etymology of 'orange']]
The cultivar was discovered in 1879 near Glenwood, Florida, in a grove later owned by A.G. Hamlin. It is small, smooth, not highly coloured, seedless and juicy, but the juice is pale. The fruit is of poor to medium quality but the tree is high-yielding and cold-tolerant. The fruit is harvested from October to December and this cultivar is now the leading early orange in Florida and possibly the world's principal variety of very early maturing common sweet orange.<ref name=webber4/>


== Composition ==
On pineland and hammock soil it is budded on sour orange which gives a high solids content. On sand, it does best on rough lemon rootstock.<ref name=morton/>


=== Nutrition ===
==== Other varieties of common oranges ====


{{Infobox nutritional value
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|iron_mg =0.1
|magnesium_mg =10
|phosphorus_mg=14
|potassium_mg =181
|zinc_mg =0.07
|manganese_mg =0.025
|vitC_mg =53.2
|thiamin_mg =0.087
|riboflavin_mg=0.04
|niacin_mg =0.282
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Orange flesh is 87% water, 12% [[carbohydrate]]s, 1% [[protein]], and contains negligible [[fat]] (see table). As a 100-gram reference amount, orange flesh provides 47 [[calorie]]s, and is a rich source of [[vitamin C]], providing 64% of the [[Daily Value]]. No other [[micronutrient]]s are present in significant amounts (see table).
*Belladonna (Italy)
*Berna – Grown mainly in Spain
*Biondo Commune ("common blond") is widely grown in the Mediterranean basin, especially in North Africa and Egypt; Greece, where it is called the ''Koines''; Italy, where it is also known as the ''Liscio''; and Spain. It is also called the ''Beledi'' and ''Nostrale''.<ref name=Kimball/> In Italy, this variety ripens in December, earlier than the competing Tarocco.<ref name="webcapua.com">[http://www.webcapua.com/hmcapua/cropmarketfr.htm Material Identification Sheet]. Webcapua.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-02 (in French).</ref>
*Biondo Riccio (Italy)
*Cadanera is a seedless orange of excellent flavour grown Algeria, Morocco and Spain, where it is quite popular. It is known by a wide variety of trade names, including ''Cadena Fina'', ''Cadena sin Jueso'', ''Precoce de Valence'' (early Valencia), ''Precoce des Canaries'', and ''Valence san Pepins'' (seedless Valencia).<ref name=Kimball/> It was first grown in Spain in 1870. It begins to ripen in November.<ref>[http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/sweetoranges.html#cadenera Citrus Pages / Sweet oranges]. Users.kymp.net. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>
*Calabrese or Calabrese Ovale (Italy)
*Carvalhal (Portugal)
*Castellana (Spain
*Clanor (S. Africa)
*Dom João (Portugal)
*Fukuhara (Japan)
*Gardner (Florida) This midseason orange ripens around February 1, about the same time as Midsweet. Gardner is about as cold hardy as Sunstar and Midsweet.<ref name=Ferguson/>
*Hamlin (worldwide)
*Homosassa (Florida)
*[[Jaffa orange]], also known as ''Shamouti''
*Jincheng – the most popular orange in China.
*Joppa (S. Africa, Texas)
*Khettmali (Israel, Lebanon)
*Kona is a type of Valencia orange introduced to Hawaii in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, whose ship's surgeon and naturalist, Archibald Menzies, raised the seedlings on board and gave them to several Hawaiian chefs. In Kailua-Kona, some of this original stock still bears fruit. For several decades in the 19th century, these oranges were the leading export from the Kona district on the Big Island of Hawaii.
*Lue Gim Gong (Florida) An early scion developed by [[Lue Gim Gong]], a Chinese immigrant known as the "Citrus Genius". In 1888, Lue cross-pollinated the "Harts late" Valencia and "Mediterranean Sweet" orange varieties, which produced a fruit both sweet and frost-tolerant. Originally considered a hybrid, the "Lue Gim Gong" orange was later found to be a nucellar seedling of the "Valencia" variety,<ref>[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/orange.html Orange]. Hort.purdue.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> which is properly called the "'Lue Gim Gong". Distributed by Glen St. Mary Nurseries, the variety was awarded the Silver Wilder Medal by the American Pomological Society in 1911, the first such award for a citrus fruit.<ref name=morton>Morton, J. 1987. Orange. pp. 134–142. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, Florida. [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/orange.html hort.purdue.edu]</ref><ref>[http://www.volusia.org/history/luegimgong.htm Lue Gim Gong]. Volusia.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> As of 2006, the "Lue Gim Gong" variety is still grown in Florida, but is sold under the general name "Valencia".
*Macetera (Spain) Known for its unique flavour.
*Malta (Pakistan)
*Maltaise Blonde (North Africa)
*Maltaise Ovale (South Africa), grown in California as Garey's or California Mediterranean Sweet.
*Marrs (California, Iran, Texas) relatively low in acid
*Midsweet (Florida) Midsweet is a newer scion similar to the Hamlin and Pineapple. It ripens later than Pineapple and is cold-hardier. Fruit yield and quality are similar to the Hamlin although the juice is deeper-coloured.<ref name=Ferguson/>
*Moro Tarocco is popular in Italy and is ovoid in shape, resembling a tangelo, with a distinctive caramel-coloured endocarp. The original mutation occurred in the 17th century in Sicily, creating the striking caramel-toned endocarp. This colour is the result of the pigment called anthocarpium, not usually found in citrus, but is common in other red fruits and flowers.
*Mosambi (India, Pakistan) So low in acid and insipid-tasting that it might be classified as acidless.
*Narinja (Andhra, South India)
*Parson Brown (Florida, Mexico, Turkey) 'Parson Brown', once a widely-grown Florida juice orange, has declined in popularity as new varieties with more juice, better yield, and higher acid and/or sugar content have been developed. It originated as a chance seedling at the home of Reverend N. L. Brown near Webster, Florida, in 1865. Its fruit are round, medium large, has a thick, pebbly peel and contains 10–30 seeds. It is still grown because it is the earliest maturing fruit in the United States; it usually matures in early September in the Valley district of Texas,<ref name=Sauls/> and from early October to January in Florida.<ref name=Ferguson>James J. Ferguson [http://web.archive.org/web/20100203161504/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs123 Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide – Appendices, Definitions and Glossary]. edis.ifas.ufl.edu</ref> Both peel and juice colour are poor, as is juice quality.<ref name=Sauls/>
*Pera (Brazil) – popular in the Brazilian citrus-producing industry, yielding 7.5 million tons in 2005.
*Pera Coroa (Brazil)
*Pera Natal (Brazil)
*Pera Rio (Brazil)
*Pineapple (North and South America, India)
*Premier (S. Africa)
*Rhode Red is a mutation of the Valencia orange, but has a more highly coloured flesh, more juice, and less acidity than the Valencia. It also has less Vitamin C. It was discovered in 1955 in a grove near Sebring, Florida, by Paul Rhode.
*Roble was first shipped from Madrid, Spain, in 1851 by Joseph Roble to his homestead in what is now Roble's Park in Tampa, Florida. It is known for high sugar content.
*Queen (S. Africa)
*Salustiana (North Africa)
*Sathgudi (Tamil Nadu, South India)
*Seleta, Selecta (Australia, Brazil) High in acid
*Shamouti Masry (Egypt) A richer variety than Shamouti
*Sunstar (Florida) A newer cultivar, the Sunstar ripens mid-season (December–March. The juice colour is darker than the competing Hamlin and it is more resistant to cold and fruit-drop than the competing mid-season Pineapple variety.<ref name=Ferguson/>
*Tomango (S. Africa)
*Verna (Algeria, Mexico, Morocco, Spain)
*Vicieda (Algeria, Morocco, Spain)
*Westin (Brazil)


=== Navel oranges ===
=== Phytochemicals ===
Navel oranges are characterized by the growth of a second fruit at the apex, which protrudes slightly and resembles a human navel. They are primarily used for eating, as the skin is thicker and easier to peel than a common orange, they are less juicy, and a bitterness from [[limonin]] during processing renders them less satisfactory for juice.<ref name=Kimball/> They are very popular because of their use as an eating orange, their widespread distribution, and their long growing season; in the United States, they are available from November through April, with peak supplies in January, February and March.<ref>[http://www.sunkist.com/products/oranges.aspx Types of Oranges – Blood, Navel, Valencia]. Sunkist. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>


Oranges contain diverse [[phytochemical]]s, including [[carotenoid]]s ([[beta-carotene]], [[lutein]] and [[beta-cryptoxanthin]]), [[flavonoid]]s (e.g. [[naringenin]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aschoff |first1=Julian K. |last2=Kaufmann |first2=Sabrina |last3=Kalkan |first3=Onur |last4=Neidhart |first4=Sybille |last5=Carle |first5=Reinhold |last6=Schweiggert |first6=Ralf M. |title=In Vitro Bioaccessibility of Carotenoids, Flavonoids, and Vitamin C from Differently Processed Oranges and Orange Juices [ Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] |journal=Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |volume=63 |issue=2 |date=2015-01-21 |issn=0021-8561 |doi=10.1021/jf505297t |pages=578–587}}</ref> and numerous [[volatile organic compounds]] producing orange [[aroma]], including [[aldehyde]]s, [[ester]]s, [[terpene]]s, [[Alcohol (chemistry)|alcohols]], and [[ketone]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr |year=2008 |volume=48 |issue=7 |pages=681–95 |doi=10.1080/10408390701638902 |title=Fresh squeezed orange juice odor: a review |last1=Perez-Cacho |first1=P.R. |last2=Rouseff |first2=R.L. |pmid=18663618 |s2cid=32567584}}</ref> Orange juice contains only about one-fifth the [[citric acid]] of [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] or [[lemon]] juice (which contain about 47 g/L).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Penniston |first1=Kristina L. |last2=Nakada |first2=Stephen Y. |last3=Holmes |first3=Ross P. |last4=Assimos |first4=Dean G. |title=Quantitative Assessment of Citric Acid in Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, and Commercially-Available Fruit Juice Products |journal=Journal of Endourology |volume=22 |issue=3 |date=2008 |issn=0892-7790 |pmid=18290732 |pmc=2637791 |doi=10.1089/end.2007.0304 |pages=567–570}}</ref>
[[File:Navel orange sectioned.jpg|thumb|right|A peeled sectioned navel orange. The underdeveloped twin is located on the bottom right.]]
According to Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe (1917) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who conducted a study at first hand, a single [[mutation]] in 1810 to 1820 in a Selecta orange tree planted at a [[monastery]] near [[Salvador, Bahia|Bahia]] in Brazil, probably yielded the '''navel orange''', also known as the Washington, Riverside, or Bahia navel.<ref name=riverside/> However, a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, believes that the parent variety was more likely the Portuguese navel (Umbigo) orange described by Risso and Poiteau (1818–22).<ref name=riverside/> The mutation causes the orange to develop a second orange at the base of the original fruit, opposite the stem, as a [[Conjoined twins|conjoined twin]] in a set of smaller segments embedded within the peel of the larger orange. From the outside, it looks similar to the human [[navel]], hence its name.<ref name-"cfaitc">{{cite web | title=Commodity Fact Sheet: Citrus Fruits | work=California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom | url=http://www.cfaitc.org/factsheets/pdf/CitrusFruits.pdf | accessdate=2012-03-06 }}</ref>


=== Taste ===
Because the mutation left the fruit seedless, and therefore sterile, the only means available to cultivate more of this new variety is to graft cuttings onto other varieties of citrus tree. It was introduced into Australia in 1824 and Florida in 1835. Twelve such cuttings of the original tree were transplanted<ref>William Saunders, "Experimental Gardens and Grounds", in USDA, Yearbook of Agriculture 1897, 180 ff; USDA, Yearbook of Agriculture 1900, 64.</ref> to [[Riverside, California]] in 1870, which eventually led to worldwide popularity.<ref name=riverside/> The [[California Citrus State Historic Park]] preserves this history in Riverside, California, as does the [[Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]].


[[File:Octyl acetate.svg|thumb|center|upright|[[Octyl acetate]], a volatile compound contributing to the fragrance of oranges]]
Today, navel oranges continue to be produced through [[cutting (plant)|cutting]] and [[grafting]]. This does not allow for the usual [[artificial selection|selective breeding]] methodologies, and so not only do the navel oranges of today have exactly the same genetic makeup as the original tree, and are therefore [[clones]], all navel oranges can be considered to be the fruit of that single nearly two-hundred-year-old tree. The case is similar to that of the common yellow seedless banana, the [[Cavendish banana|Cavendish]]. On rare occasions, however, further mutations can lead to new varieties.<ref name=riverside>
{{cite web
| last = Staff of the Citrus Experiment Station, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
| title = Sweet Oranges and Their Hybrids
| work = Citrus Variety Collection
| publisher = University of California (Riverside)
| date = 1910-2011
| url = http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/sweet_oranges.html
| accessdate = January 19, 2011}}
</ref>


The taste of oranges is determined mainly by the ratio of sugars to acids, whereas orange aroma derives from [[volatile organic compound]]s, including [[Alcohol (chemistry)|alcohols]], [[aldehyde]]s, [[ketone]]s, [[terpene]]s, and [[ester]]s.<ref name="tietel">{{cite journal |last1=Tietel |first1=Z. |last2=Plotto |first2=A. |last3=Fallik |first3=E. |last4=Lewinsohn |first4=E. |last5=Porat |first5=R. |title=Taste and aroma of fresh and stored mandarins |journal=Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture |year=2011 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=14–23 |pmid=20812381 |doi=10.1002/jsfa.4146 |bibcode=2011JSFA...91...14T }}</ref><ref name="hadi">{{cite journal |pmid=23852166 |year=2013 |last1=El Hadi |first1=M. A. |title=Advances in fruit aroma volatile research |journal=[[Molecules (journal)|Molecules]] |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=8200–29 |last2=Zhang |first2=F. J. |last3=Wu |first3=F. F. |last4=Zhou |first4=C. H. |last5=Tao |first5=J |doi=10.3390/molecules18078200 |pmc=6270112 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Bitter [[limonoid]] compounds, such as [[limonin]], decrease gradually during development, whereas volatile aroma compounds tend to peak in mid- to late-season development.<ref name="bai">{{cite journal |pmc=5224568 |year=2016 |last1=Bai |first1=J. |last2=Baldwin |first2=E. A. |last3=McCollum |first3=G. |last4=Plotto |first4=A. |last5=Manthey |first5=J. A. |last6=Widmer |first6=W. W. |last7=Luzio |first7=G. |last8=Cameron |first8=R. |title=Changes in Volatile and Non-Volatile Flavor Chemicals of "Valencia" Orange Juice over the Harvest Seasons |journal=[[Foods (journal)|Foods]] |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=4 |doi=10.3390/foods5010004 |pmid=28231099 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Taste quality tends to improve later in harvests when there is a higher sugar/acid ratio with less bitterness.<ref name=bai/> As a citrus fruit, the orange is acidic, with [[pH]] levels ranging from 2.9<ref name="sinclair">{{cite journal |last1=Sinclair, Walton B. |last2=Bartholomew, E.T. |last3=Ramsey, R. C. |title=Analysis of the organic acids of orange juice |journal=Plant Physiology |year=1945 |volume=20 |pages=3–18 |url=http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/20/1/3.pdf |doi=10.1104/pp.20.1.3 |pmid=16653966 |issue=1 |pmc=437693}}</ref> to 4.0.<ref name=sinclair/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Muenchen Infections Associated with Unpasteurized Orange Juice – United States and Canada, June 1999 |journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |date=July 16, 1999 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4827a2.htm |volume=48 |issue=27 |pages=582–585 |pmid=10428096 |author=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101165047/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4827a2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Taste and aroma vary according to genetic background, environmental conditions during development, ripeness at harvest, postharvest conditions, and storage duration.<ref name=tietel/><ref name=hadi/>
==== Cara cara navels ====
[[File:Caracaraorange.png|thumb|Cara cara orange slices on the left.]]
[[Cara cara orange]]s (also called "red navel") are a type of navel orange grown primarily in Venezuela, South Africa, and California's San Joaquin Valley. The bright orange exterior of cara cara oranges is similar to other navels, but their interior is a distinctive pinkish red. They are sweet and comparatively low in acid.<ref name="UBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/02/citrus_sinensis_cara_cara.php|title=UBC Botanical Garden, Botany Photo of the Day}}</ref>


== Cultivars ==
It is believed to have developed as a cross between the Washington navel and the Brazilian Bahia navel.<ref name=Susser>{{cite book|author=Allen Susser|title=The Great Citrus Book: A Guide with Recipes|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tsaCbFmmiOoC|accessdate=2 October 2011|date=1 May 1997|publisher=Ten Speed Press|isbn=978-0-89815-855-7}}</ref> It was discovered at the Hacienda de Cara Cara in Valencia, Venezuela in 1976.<ref name=UCR>[http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/caracara.html Cara Cara navel orange]. UC Riverside</ref>


=== Common ===
From the major growing regions, South African cara caras are ready for market starting in August, Venezuelan fruits arrive in October and Californian fruits make their seasonal debut in late November.<ref name="UBC"/><ref name=Susser/>


Common oranges (also called "white", "round", or "blond" oranges) constitute about two-thirds of all orange production. The majority of this crop is used for juice.<ref name=Kimball/><ref name="Sauls"/>
==== Other varieties of navels ====
* Dream Navel
* Bahianinha or Bahia
* Late Navel
* Washington or California Navel


=== Blood oranges ===
=== Valencia ===
{{main|Valencia orange}}
[[File:Oranges blood vs regular.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Comparison between the inside and the outside of both the regular and blood orange.]]
The Valencia orange is a late-season fruit; it is popular when navel oranges are out of season. [[Thomas Rivers (nurseryman)|Thomas Rivers]], an English nurseryman, imported this variety from the [[Azores]] and catalogued it in 1865 under the name Excelsior. Around 1870, he provided trees to S. B. Parsons, a [[Long Island]] nurseryman, who in turn sold them to E. H. Hart of [[Federal Point, Florida]].<ref name=coit>{{cite book |last=Coit |first=John Eliot |title=Citrus fruits: an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions |url=https://archive.org/details/citrusfruits00coit |access-date=2 October 2011 |year=1915 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] }}</ref>
{{Main|Blood orange}}
Blood oranges, which are very widely grown in Spain and Italy (as "sangüina" or "sanguinella", respectively) are characterized by dark red pigmentation. They are considered, in general, the most delicious juice orange.<ref name=Kimball/>


=== Navel ===
Blood oranges are a natural variety of ''C. sinensis'' derived from abnormal pigmentation of the fruit that gives its pulp a streaked red colour. The juice produced from such oranges is often dark burgundy, hence reminiscent of blood. Original blood oranges were first discovered and cultivated in the 15th century in [[Sicily]]; since then, however, their cultivation spread worldwide, and most blood oranges today are hybrids.


{{main|Navel orange}}
The fruit has found a niche as an interesting ingredient variation on traditional Seville marmalade, with its striking red streaks and distinct flavour. The '''scarlet navel''' is a variety with the same dual-fruit mutation as the navel orange.


Navel oranges have a characteristic second fruit at the [[Apical meristems|apex]], which protrudes slightly like a human [[navel]]. They are mainly an eating fruit, as their thicker skin makes them easy to peel, they are less juicy and their bitterness makes them less suitable for juice.<ref name=Kimball/> The parent variety was probably the Portuguese navel orange or ''Umbigo''.<ref name="Washington on Citrus ID">{{cite web |title=Washington |url=https://idtools.org/citrus_id/index.cfm?packageID=1179&entityID=8903 |website=Citrus ID |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314221534/https://idtools.org/citrus_id/index.cfm?packageID=1179&entityID=8903 |url-status=live }}, citing amongst other sources {{cite book |last1=Risso |first1=A. |last2=Poiteau |first2=A. |title=Histoire Naturelle des Orangers |date=1819–1822 |publisher=Audot |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1512210b |access-date=2024-03-14 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210231146/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1512210b |url-status=live }}</ref> The cultivar rapidly spread to other countries, but being seedless it had to be propagated by [[cutting (plant)|cutting]] and [[grafting]].<ref name="cfaitc">{{cite web |title=Commodity Fact Sheet: Citrus Fruits |work=California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom |url=https://cdn.agclassroom.org/media/uploads/2017/12/07/citrus_fruit_commodity_fact_sheet.pdf |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816191813/https://cdn.agclassroom.org/media/uploads/2017/12/07/citrus_fruit_commodity_fact_sheet.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
==== Other varieties of blood oranges ====
*Tarocco is a relatively new variety developed in Italy. It begins to ripen in late January.<ref name="webcapua.com"/>
*Sanguinelli is cultivated in Sicily and is actually a mutant of the Doble Fina. It was discovered in 1929 at Almenara, in the Castellón province of Spain.
*Moro (Italy) Originally from Sicily, it is common throughout Italy. The medium-sized fruit has a relatively long harvest, lasting from December through to April.
*Maltese is small and highly-coloured. It is often used in sorbets and other desserts due to the rich burgundy colour. It is generally thought to have originated in Italy as a mutation (although the Maltese claim origin) and has been cultivated there for centuries. It is also extensively grown in southern Spain and Malta.


The [[Cara cara orange]] is a type of navel orange grown mainly in [[Venezuela]], [[South Africa]] and California's [[San Joaquin Valley]]. It is sweet and low in acid,<ref name="UBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/02/citrus_sinensis_cara_cara.php |title=UBC Botanical Garden, Botany Photo of the Day |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124174207/http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/02/citrus_sinensis_cara_cara.php |archive-date=2010-01-24}}</ref> with distinctively pinkish red flesh. It was discovered at the [[Hacienda]] Cara Cara in [[Valencia, Venezuela|Valencia]], Venezuela, in 1976.<ref name=UCR>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/caracara.html |title=Cara Cara navel orange |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]] |access-date=2011-01-20 |archive-date=2019-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425074600/https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/caracara.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Acidless oranges ===
Acidless oranges are an early-season fruit with very low levels of acid. They are also called "sweet" oranges in the US, with similar names in other countries: ''douce'' in France, ''sucrena'' in Spain, ''dolce'' (or ''maltese'') in Italy, ''meski'' in North Africa and the Near East (where their peculiar rather bland taste is especially popular), ''şeker portakal''<ref>[http://www.turuncgiller.com/seker.htm Portakal Çeşitleri: Seker portakal] (In Turkish)</ref> ("sugar orange") in Turkey, ''succari'' in Egypt, and ''lima'' in Brazil.<ref name=Kimball/>


=== Blood ===
The lack of acid, which protects orange juice against spoilage in other groups, renders them generally unfit for processing, due to spoilage, so that they are primarily eaten rather than juiced. They remain profitable in areas of local consumption, but rapid spoilage renders them unsuitable for export to major population centers of Europe, Asia, or the United States.<ref name=Kimball/>


{{main|Blood orange}}
== History of cultivation ==
The sweet orange does not occur in the wild. It is believed to have been first cultivated in southern China, northeastern India, or perhaps southeastern Asia (formerly [[Indochina]]).<ref name=morton/>


Blood oranges, with an intense red coloration inside, are widely grown around the Mediterranean; there are several cultivars.<ref name="Morton 1987"/> The development of the red color requires cool nights.<ref name="McGee 2004">{{cite book |last=McGee |first=Harold |title=On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen |publisher=Scribner |year=2004 |isbn=0-684-80001-2 |location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bKVCtH4AjwgC |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=bKVCtH4AjwgC&pg=PA376 376] |access-date=2024-03-15 |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728202046/https://books.google.com/books?id=bKVCtH4AjwgC |url-status=live }}</ref> The redness is mainly due to the [[anthocyanin]] pigment [[chrysanthemin]] (cyanidin 3-''O''-glucoside).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Influence of glucose on cyanidin 3-glucoside absorption in rats |last1=Felgines |first1=C. |last2=Texier |first2=O. |last3=Besson |first3=C. |last4=Vitaglione |first4=P |last5=Lamaison |first5=J.-L. |last6=Fogliano |first6=V. |last7=Scalbert |first7=A. |last8=Vanella |first8=L. |last9=Galvano |first9=F. |display-authors=6 |journal=[[Molecular Nutrition & Food Research]] |date=2008 |volume=52 |issue=8 |pages=959–64 |doi=10.1002/mnfr.200700377 |pmid=18646002}}</ref>
The Persian orange, grown widely in [[southern Europe]] after its introduction to Italy in the 11th century, was bitter. It was used primarily for medicinal purposes.<ref name=morton/>


=== Acidless ===
Italian traders might have introduced it to the Mediterranean area after 1450. Portuguese navigators have also been credited with bringing orange trees to the Mediterranean region around 1500.<ref name=morton/> After introduction of the sweet orange, it was quickly adopted as an edible fruit; it was so highly regarded that wealthy persons grew oranges in private conservatories, called orangeries. Certainly by 1646 it was well known in Europe.<ref name=morton/>


Acidless oranges are an early-season fruit with very low levels of acid. They also are called "sweet" oranges in the United States, with similar names in other countries: ''douce'' in France, ''sucrena'' in Spain, ''dolce'' or ''maltese'' in Italy, ''meski'' in North Africa and the Near East (where they are especially popular), ''succari'' in Egypt, and ''lima'' in Brazil.<ref name=Kimball/> The lack of acid, which protects orange juice against spoilage in other groups, renders them generally unfit for processing as juice, so they are primarily eaten. They remain profitable in areas of local consumption, but rapid spoilage renders them unsuitable for export to major population centres of Europe, Asia, or the United States.<ref name=Kimball/>
In some South East Indo-European languages the orange was named after Portugal, which was formerly the main source of imports of sweet oranges. Examples are [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] ''portokal'' [[wikt:портокал#Bulgarian|портокал]], [[Modern Greek|Greek]] ''portokali'' [[wikt:πορτοκάλι#Greek|πορτοκάλι]], [[Persian language|Persian]] ''porteghal'' [[wikt:پرتقال#Persian|پرتقال]], [[Albanian language|Albanian]] [[wikt:portokall#Albanian|portokall]], and [[Romanian language|Romanian]] [[wikt:portocală#Romanian|portocală]]. In [[Italian language|Italian]] the word ''portogallo'' to refer to the orange fruit is dialectal.<ref name=italian_name>{{cite web |url=http://dizionari.hoepli.it/Dizionario_Italiano/parola/portogallo.aspx?idD=1&Query=portogallo&lettera=P |title=Hoepli italian online dictionary}}</ref> It means literally "Portugal". Similar words are in common use in most [[Italian dialects]] across the whole country.<ref name=ital_dialects>{{it icon}} [[:it:Arancia#Nomi regionali|Citrus × sinensis – Wikipedia]]. It.wikipedia.org (2011-09-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> Related names can also be found in other languages: [[Turkish language|Turkish]] [[wikt:portakal#Turkish|portakal]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al-burtuqal'' [[wikt:البرتقال#Arabic|البرتقال]], [[Amharic]] ''birtukan'', and [[Georgian language|Georgian]] ''p'ort'oxali'' [[wikt:ფორთოხალი#Georgian|ფორთოხალი]].


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[[Portuguese empire|Portuguese]], [[Spanish empire|Spanish]], [[Arab]], and [[Dutch empire|Dutch]] sailors planted citrus trees along trade routes to prevent [[scurvy]]. On his second voyage in 1493, Christopher Columbus took the seeds of oranges, lemons and [[citron]]s to [[Haiti]] and the Caribbean. They were introduced in Florida (along with lemons) in 1513 by Spanish explorer [[Juan Ponce de León]], to [[California]] by the Franciscans in the 18th century, and were introduced to [[Hawaii]] in 1792.
File:Florida orange grove.JPG|A grove of [[Valencia orange]]s in [[Florida]]
File:Cara cara orange cut in half.JPG|[[Cara cara navel orange]]
File:BloodOrange.jpg|[[Blood orange]]
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== Cultivation ==
Spaniards undoubtedly introduced the sweet orange into South America and Mexico in the mid-1500s, and probably the French took it to Louisiana. It was from New Orleans that seeds were obtained and distributed in Florida about 1872 and many orange groves were established by grafting the sweet orange onto sour orange rootstocks. Arizona received the orange tree with the founding of missions between 1707 and 1710. The orange was brought to San Diego, California, by those who built the first mission there in 1769. An orchard was planted at the San Gabriel Mission around 1804. A commercial orchard was established in 1841 on a site that is now a part of Los Angeles. In 1781, a surgeon and naturalist on the ship Discovery collected orange seeds in South Africa, grew seedlings on board and presented them to tribal chiefs in the Hawaiian Islands on arrival in 1792. In time, the orange became commonly grown throughout Hawaii, but was virtually abandoned after the arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly, and the fruit is now imported from the United States mainland.<ref name=morton/>


== Attributes ==
=== Climate ===
=== Nutritional value ===
{{nutritionalvalue
| name=Orange, raw, Florida
| kJ=192 | protein=0.70 g
| fat=0.21 g
| carbs=11.54 g
| fibre=2.4 g
| sugars=9.14 g
| iron_mg=0.09
| calcium_mg=43
| magnesium_mg=10
| phosphorus_mg=12
| potassium_mg=169
| zinc_mg=0.08
| vitC_mg=45
| pantothenic_mg=0.250
| vitB6_mg=0.051
| folate_ug=17
| thiamin_mg=0.100
| riboflavin_mg=0.040
| niacin_mg=0.400
| right=1
| source_usda=1
}}
Oranges, like most [[citrus]] fruits, are a good source of [[vitamin C]].


Like most citrus plants, oranges do well under moderate temperatures—between {{cvt|15.5|and|29|C}}—and require considerable amounts of sunshine and water. They are principally grown in tropical and subtropical regions.<ref name=Sauls/>
=== Acidity ===
Like all citrus fruits, the orange is acidic: pH levels have been reported by reliable sources as low as 2.9<ref name=sinclair>{{cite journal|author=Walton B. Sinclair, E.T. Bartholomew, R. C. Raamsey|title=ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIC ACIDS OF ORANGE JUICE|journal= Plant Physiol|year=1945 |volume=20|pages= 3–18|url=http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/20/1/3.pdf|doi=10.1104/pp.20.1.3|pmid=16653966|issue=1|pmc=437693}}</ref> and as high as 4.0<ref name=sinclair/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Muenchen Infections Associated with Unpasteurized Orange Juice – United States and Canada, June 1999|publisher= Centers for Disease Control|journal= Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|date=July 16, 1999|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4827a2.htm|volume=48|issue=27|pages=582–585|pmid=10428096|author1=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)}}</ref>


As oranges are sensitive to [[frost]], farmers have developed methods to protect the trees from frost damage. A common process is to spray the trees with water so as to cover them with a thin layer of ice, insulating them even if air temperatures drop far lower. This practice, however, offers protection only for a very short time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01243.htm |title=How Cold Can Water Get? |publisher=[[Argonne National Laboratory]] |date=2002-09-08 |access-date=2009-04-16 |archive-date=2015-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226033418/http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01243.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Another procedure involves burning fuel oil in [[smudge pot]]s put between the trees. These burn with a great deal of particulate emission, so condensation of water vapor on the particulate soot prevents condensation on plants and raises the air temperature very slightly. Smudge pots were developed after a disastrous freeze in southern California in January 1913 destroyed a whole crop.<ref name='moore'>{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Frank Ensor |title=Redlands Astride the Freeway: The Development of Good Automobile Roads |publisher=Moore Historical Foundation |location=Redlands, California |year=1995 |page=9 |isbn =978-0-914167-07-5}}</ref>
=== Grading ===
==== Florida ====
*Whole oranges: The [[USDA]] has established the following grades for Florida oranges, which primarily affects oranges sold as fruit: U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1 Bright, U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 1 Golden, U.S. No. 1 Bronze, U.S. No. 1 Russet, U.S. No. 2 Bright, U.S. No. 2, U.S. No. 2 Russet, and U.S. No. 3.<ref name=usda_fla>[http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5050382 United States Standards for Grades of Florida Oranges and Tangelos] (USDA; February, 1997)</ref> The general characteristics graded are colour (both hue and uniformity), firmness, maturity, varietal characteristics, texture, and shape.


=== Propagation ===
Grade numbers are determined by the amount of unsightly blemishes to the skin and firmness of the fruit (which do not affect consumer safety). The USDA separates blemishes into three categories:
*General blemishes, including: ammoniation, buckskin, caked melanose, creasing, decay, scab, split navels, sprayburn, undeveloped segments, unhealed segments and wormy fruit.
* Injuries to fruit, including: bruises, green spots, oil spots, rough, wide, or protruding navels, scale, scars, [[skin breakdown]], and thorn scratches.
* Damage caused by dirt or other foreign material, disease, dryness or mushy condition, hail, insects, riciness or woodiness, and sunburn.<ref name=usda_fla/>


{{further|Fruit tree propagation|Citrus rootstock}}
:The terms Bright, Golden, Bronze and Russet apply solely to discolouration. Fancy, the highest grade, requires the highest grade of both colour and blemishes.
*Fruit for juice: The USDA uses a separate grading system for oranges used for juice (where appearance and texture is irrelevant). There are only two grades, U.S. Grade AA Juice and U.S. Grade A Juice. (Note that this is a grade given to the oranges prior to processing.) Juice grades are determined by three factors: (1) the juiciness of the orange; (2) the amount of solids in the juice (at least 10% solids being required for the AA grade); and (3) the proportion of anhydric [[citric acid]] to fruit solids.


Commercially grown orange trees are [[plant propagation|propagated]] [[asexual reproduction|asexually]] by [[grafting]] a mature [[cultivar]] onto a suitable [[seedling]] [[rootstock]] to ensure the same [[Crop yield|yield]], identical fruit characteristics, and resistance to diseases throughout the years. Propagation involves two stages: first, a rootstock is grown from seed. Then, when it is approximately one year old, the leafy top is cut off and a [[bud]] taken from a specific [[scion (grafting)|scion]] variety, is grafted into its bark. The scion is what determines the variety of orange, while the rootstock makes the tree resistant to pests and diseases and adaptable to specific [[Soil type|soil]] and climatic conditions. Thus, rootstocks influence the rate of growth and have an effect on fruit yield and quality.<ref name="Lacey">{{cite web |last=Lacey |first=Kevin |title=Citrus rootstocks for WA |url=http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/hort/fn/cp/citrusfruits/ag%20dept%20fn539%20lores.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112025544/http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/hort/fn/cp/citrusfruits/ag%20dept%20fn539%20lores.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-12 |publisher=Government of WA. Department of Agriculture and Food |access-date=30 November 2012 |date=July 2012}}</ref> Rootstocks must be compatible with the variety inserted into them because otherwise, the tree may decline, be less productive, or die.<ref name="Lacey"/> Among the advantages to grafting are that trees mature uniformly and begin to bear fruit earlier than those reproduced by seeds (3 to 4 years in contrast with 6 to 7 years),<ref name="Citrus">{{cite web |last=Price |first=Martin |title=Citrus Propagation and Rootstocks |url=http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/pdf/tncitrus.htm |publisher=ultimatecitrus.com |access-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406084607/http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/pdf/tncitrus.htm |archive-date=6 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and that farmers can combine the best attributes of a scion with those of a rootstock.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/SoAtlantic/fp/hb/bowman/citrus.html |title=Citrus Propagation. Research Program on Citrus Rootstock Breeding and Genetics |website=ars-grin.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528003825/http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/SoAtlantic/fp/hb/bowman/citrus.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 }}</ref>
=== Orange peel ===
Although not as juicy or delicious as the inside of an orange, the peel is edible, and has been consumed particularly in environments where there is scarcity of resources and where maximum nutritional value must be derived and minimal waste generated (for example, on a [[submarine]]). The peel of an orange has increased vitamin C and fiber. Most of the vitamin C is located in the zest rather than the pith. However, high concentrations of [[pesticide]]s have been found in orange peels.<ref>
[http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/oranges-are-not-the-safest-fruit--they-all-exceed-pesticide-limits-519954.html Oranges are not the safest fruit - they all exceed pesticide limits]. The Independent, 18 December 2005.</ref>
Some organizations recommend that one should only consume the peels of organically grown and processed oranges, where chemical pesticides or herbicides would not have been used on the peel.<ref>
{{cite web|url= http://www.livestrong.com/article/401623-is-it-healthy-to-eat-orange-peels/|title = Is It Healthy to Eat Orange Peels? |accessdate = November 17, 2011}}</ref>
Orange peel contains [[citral]], an [[aldehyde]] that antagonizes the action of [[vitamin A]]. Therefore, anyone eating orange peels should make certain that their dietary intake of Vitamin A is sufficient.<ref name=foods>Audrey H. Ensminger, 'Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia', Volume 1, (Ensminger Pub Co, January 1983)ISBN 0-941218-05-8.</ref>


== Production ==
=== Harvest ===
Two areas dominate orange growth and especially production of [[orange juice]]. The southeast coast of Brazil, surrounding [[São Paulo]], produces more oranges than the next three countries combined. As almost 99% of the fruit from this region is processed for export, it is the overwhelming giant in worldwide orange juice production.


Canopy-shaking mechanical harvesters are being used increasingly in Florida to harvest oranges. Current canopy shaker machines use a series of six-to-seven-foot-long tines to shake the tree canopy at a relatively constant <!--shaking--> stroke and frequency.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bora |first1=G. |last2=Hebel |first2=M. |last3=Lee |first3=K. |date=2007-12-01 |title=In-situ measurement of the detachment force of individual oranges harvested by a canopy shaker harvesting machine |url=http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf |journal=Abstracts for the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticulture Society. |s2cid=113761794 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726020405/http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref> Oranges are picked once they are pale orange.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://freshcitrusdirect.wordpress.com/tag/riverland/ |title=Fresh Citrus Direct |publisher=freshcitrusdirect.wordpress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110071334/https://freshcitrusdirect.wordpress.com/tag/riverland/ |archive-date=2015-01-10}}</ref>
Mid-south Florida produces about half as many oranges as Brazil; however, the bulk of its orange juice is sold domestically. The [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]] area of Florida is known for the high quality of its juice, which is often sold fresh in the US. Because of the low yield and high quality of Indian River oranges, their juice is often blended with juice from other regions.<ref>[http://www.ircitrusleague.org/history.html ''History of the Indian River Citrus League''], Indian River Citrus League (2008: Vero Beach, Florida)</ref>


=== Degreening ===
Production of orange juice between these two makes up roughly 85% of the world market. Brazil exports 99% of its production, while 90% of Florida's production is consumed in the US.<ref name=us>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.usda.gov/htp/horticulture/citrus/2004%20Citrus.pdf|format=PDF|title=USDA – U.S and the World Situation: Citrus|author=USDA Foreign Agricultural Service}}</ref>


Oranges must be mature when harvested. In the United States, laws forbid harvesting immature fruit for human consumption in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.<ref name="Wagner">{{cite web |title=Harvesting and Pre-pack Handling |url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/l2294.htm |publisher=The Texas A&M University System |access-date=29 November 2012 |last1=Wagner, Alfred B. |last2=Sauls, Julian W. |archive-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104041656/http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/l2294.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Ripe oranges, however, often have some green or yellow-green color in the skin. [[Ethylene]] gas is used to turn green skin to orange. This process is known as "degreening", "gassing", "sweating", or "curing".<ref name="Wagner"/> Oranges are non-[[Climacteric (botany)|climacteric]] fruits and cannot ripen internally in response to ethylene gas after harvesting, though they will de-green externally.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/PFfruits/Orange/ |title=Orange: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality |last1=Arpaia, Mary Lu |last2=Kader, Adel A. |publisher=[[UCDavis]] Postharvest Technology Center |access-date=2013-12-12 |archive-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206115013/http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/PFfruits/Orange/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Orange juice is traded internationally in the form of frozen concentrated orange juice to reduce the volume used, so that storage and transportation costs are lower.<ref name=spread>{{cite book|author=Thomas H. Spreen|title=Projections of World Production and Consumption of Citrus to 2010|url=http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/003/X6732E/x6732e02.htm}}</ref>
{{Main|Citrus production}}
[[File:2005orange.PNG|thumb|550px|Orange output in 2005]]
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|Top orange producers <br />(million tonnes)|| 2005 || 2008 || 2010
|-
| {{BRA}} || 17.9 || 18.5 || 18.1
|-
| {{USA}} || 8.4 || 9.1 || 7.5
|-
| {{IND}} || 3.3 || 4.9 || 6.0
|-
| {{CHN}} || 2.7 || 4.2 || 5.0
|-
| {{MEX}} || 4.1 || 4.3 || 4.1
|-
| {{ESP}} || 2.4 || 3.4 || 3.1
|-
| {{EGY}} || 1.9 || 2.1 || 2.4
|-
| {{ITA}} || 2.3 || 2.2 || 2.4
|-
| {{INA}} || 2.2 || 2.5 || 2.0
|-
| {{TUR}} || 1.4 || 1.4 || 1.7
|-
| {{PAK}} || 1.7 || 1.6 || 1.5
|-
| {{IRN}} || 2.3 || 2.6 || 1.5
|-
||'''World Total''' || '''63.1''' || '''69.6''' || '''68.3'''
|-
|colspan=4|''Source: <br />[[UN Food & Agriculture Organisation]] (FAO)''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://faostat.fao.org/site/339/default.aspx |title = FAOSTAT |publisher = FAO Statistics |accessdate = 2012-09-10}}</ref>
|}
Oranges grown for commercial production are grown in groves and are produced throughout the world. Brazil is by far the greatest producing area, followed by Florida, which accounts for 80% of the United States' crop.
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===Brazil===
=== Storage ===
Brazil is the largest orange-producing nation in the world, and production is located primarily in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], which accounts for approximately 80% of Brazil's production and 53% of total global FCOJ (frozen concentrated orange juice) production (in the region of [[Campinas]], [[São Carlos]], [[São José do Rio Preto]] and [[Barretos]], and the western part of the state of [[Minas Gerais]]). In Brazil, the four major orange varieties of orange used for processing orange juice are the Hamlin, Pera Rio, Natal and Valencia.<ref name=gainbrazil>[http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Citrus%20Semi-annual_Sao%20Paulo%20ATO_Brazil_17-6-2010.pdf GAIN Report Number: BR10005], USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (6/15/2010)</ref><ref name=credit>[http://www.credfinrisk.com/fcoj.html Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ) Commodity Market, Credit and Finance Risk Analysis]. credfinrisk.com</ref>


Commercially, oranges can be stored by refrigeration in controlled-atmosphere chambers for up to twelve weeks after harvest. Storage life ultimately depends on cultivar, maturity, pre-harvest conditions, and handling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritenour, M.A. |url=http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/hb66/100orange.pdf |title=Orange. The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127220523/http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/hb66/100orange.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-27 |website=USDA |date=2004}}</ref> At home, oranges have a shelf life of about one month, and are best stored loose.<ref name=cpma>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpma.ca/Files/CPMA.HomeStorageGuide.English.pdf |title=Home Storage Guide for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables. Canadian Produce Marketing Association |website=cpma.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512161442/http://www.cpma.ca/Files/CPMA.HomeStorageGuide.English.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-12}}</ref>
== Cultivation ==
=== Propagation ===
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Propagation of orange trees is deceptively difficult, because hardy edible oranges are not generally grown from seed. Cultivars that produce good quality fruit are highly susceptible to root diseases. Grafted trees also begin bearing fruit many years earlier than trees reproduced by seed.<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://web.archive.org/web/20100528003825/http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/SoAtlantic/fp/hb/bowman/citrus.html Citrus Propagation]. Research Program on Citrus Rootstock Breeding and Genetics. ars-grin.gov</ref>


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Other benefits of grafting include more accurate reproduction of good fruit traits than plants derived from seed, and the opportunity to alter tree size, productivity, and other traits through rootstock influence, while maintaining identical fruit characteristics.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
File:CSIRO ScienceImage 4314 Spraying oranges in an orchard at Griffith NSW 2002.jpg|Spraying oranges in an orchard in Australia
File:California Orange Grove2.jpg|Orange grove in [[California]]
100521 picking oranges in moshav zimrat PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Picking oranges, Israel
File:100535 picking oranges in moshav zimrat PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Harvest, Israel
File:2010-12-14 Maroc Agadir Soukh local market.jpg|Market stall, Morocco
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== Pests and diseases ==
Almost all orange trees are propagated in two stages. First, [[rootstock]] is grown from seed. When the seedling is well-established, the leafy top is cut off, and budwood from an existing tree is grafted onto the rootstock. It is the budwood that determines the variety of orange that is grown.


=== Pests ===


[[File:Icerya purchasi 1435060.jpg|thumb|[[Cottony cushion scale]] insects devastated orange groves across California in the 19th century, and were the first pest to be subject to successful [[biological control]].<ref name=coit/>]]


The first major pest that attacked orange trees in the United States was the cottony cushion scale (''[[Icerya purchasi]]''), imported from Australia to California in 1868. Within 20 years, it wiped out the citrus orchards around Los Angeles, and limited orange growth throughout California. In 1888, the USDA sent Alfred Koebele to Australia to study this [[scale insect]] in its native habitat. He brought back with him specimens of an Australian [[Coccinellidae|ladybird]], ''[[Novius cardinalis]]'' (the Vedalia beetle), and within a decade the pest was controlled. This was one of the first successful applications of [[biological pest control]] on any crop.<ref name=coit/> The [[orange dog]] caterpillar of the giant swallowtail butterfly, ''Papilio cresphontes'', is a pest of citrus plantations in North America, where it eats new foliage and can defoliate young trees.<ref name="Giant Swallowtail">{{cite journal |last=Mcauslane |first=Heather |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237833636 |title=Giant Swallowtail, Orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) |journal=Edis |publisher=[[University of Florida]] |date=May 2009 |issue=4 |access-date=14 March 2024 |doi=10.32473/edis-in134-2009 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316051937/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237833636_Giant_Swallowtail_Orangedog_Papilio_cresphontes_Cramer_Insecta_Lepidoptera_Papilionidae1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====Principal rootstocks – United States====
Today, five types of rootstock predominate in (comparatively) cool climates where there is chance of cold, or especially freezing, weather (notably Florida and Southern Europe):
*Sour rootstock ("standard sour orange") is still used and is the only one of the five that is actually an orange; it is highly drought resistant and generally vigorous.
*''[[Poncirus trifoliata]]''. Poncirus trifoliata is a close relative of the ''Citrus'' genus, and is actually known as the "trifoliate orange" and "Chinese bitter orange"; in fact, it is sometimes classified as ''Citrus trifoliata''. It is grown as an ornamental flowering shrub and is extremely cold tolerant compared to true citrus.
:It makes excellent rootstock under certain conditions; it is especially resistant to cold, tristeza virus and phytophthora parasitica (root rot), and grows well in heavy clay/loam soil. It is the slowest growing of the rootstocks, however, and has poor resistance to heat and drought. It is primarily used in China, Japan, and parts of California with heavy soils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/aspdev/resources/documents/Poncirustrifoliatascreenpdf.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110221180126/http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/aspdev/resources/documents/Poncirustrifoliatascreenpdf.pdf|archivedate=2011-02-21|title=Poncirus trifoliata|format=PDF}}</ref>
*Swingle citrumelo. On April 1, 1974, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released to citrus nurserymen and growers the 'Swingle' citrumelo citrus rootstock. This rootstock selection was hybridized by [[Walter Swingle|Walter Tennyson Swingle]] at Eustis, Florida, in 1907, from ''Citrus paradisi Macf.'' 'Duncan' grapefruit X ''Poncirus trifoliata'' (L.) Raf. Swingle citrumelo is tolerant of tristeza virus and Phytophthora parasitica (root rot) and moderately tolerant of salt and freezing.<ref>[http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/pdf/tncitrus.htm Citrus Propagation And Rootstocks]. Ultimatecitrus.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref>
*[[Citrange]] (''Troyer'' citrange and ''Carrizo'' citrange). Citranges are hybrids of the Washington navel orange and ''Poncirus trifoliata''. The original crosses were made in the early 1900s by the United States Department of Agriculture with the intention of producing cold tolerant scion varieties. They were later identified as being suitable for use as rootstocks.
:Commercial use of these rootstocks began in Australia in the 1960s. They have become very successful orange rootstock; the Troyer variety is generally found in California, while the Carrizo variety is used in Florida. The benefits are phytophthora (root rot) tolerance, nematode tolerance, tristeza virus tolerance, good cold tolerance, and reasonable vigor. They are also highly [[polyembryonic]], so growers get multiple plants from a single seed. Citrange, however, does not do well in clay, [[calcareous]], or high pH soil, and is sensitive to salinity (all except clay being characteristic of coastal areas). (It also is not usable as rootstock for mandarin scions, as it "overgrows" them, i.e. the rootstock will produce branches of its own in competition with the grafted budwood.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/gen_pdfs/TroyerCarrizocitrange.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110221180343/http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/gen_pdfs/TroyerCarrizocitrange.pdf|archivedate=2011-02-21|title=Troyer & Carrizo citrange|format=PDF}}</ref>
*'Cleopatra' mandarin. Cleopatra mandarin originated in India and was introduced into Florida from Jamaica in the mid 19th century. Cleopatra mandarin has been widely distributed and trialled as a rootstock throughout the world. It is used primarily in Florida, Spain and Australia for shallow alkaline soils, due to its rare ability to tolerate alkalinity and salinity often present in such otherwise ideal environments as south Florida. Dade County, Florida, for example, has 85% calcareous soil, as is typical of land previously under water.<ref>[http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/tr004 SL 183/TR004: Calcareous Soils In Miami-Dade County]. Edis.ifas.ufl.edu (2009-07-10). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref> In most other respects, it is an inferior rootstock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/PDFs/resources/varieties/Cleopatra_mandarin.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110221180020/http://www.citrusaustralia.com.au/PDFs/resources/varieties/Cleopatra_mandarin.pdf|archivedate=2011-02-21|title=Cleopatra mandarin|format=PDF}}</ref>


=== Diseases ===
====Other rootstock varieties – United States====
*African shaddock X trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside>Citrus Variety Collection, University of California Riverside, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/rootstocks.html.</ref>
*Benton citrange trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Borneo Rangpur lime<ref name=riverside/>
*Bitters C-22 citrange ('X Citroncirus sp.' Rutaceae) Bitters C-22 is not related to the bitter orange, but was named in honor of William P. Bitters. It was hybridized at the USDA US Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California, and developed further by the University of California, Riverside. It is used primarily as rootstock for navel oranges in California; however, a recent report suggested its usefulness in Texas to replace sour orange due to its tolerance of calcareous soil conditions.<ref>[http://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/bittersC22.html bittersC22]. Citrusvariety.ucr.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.</ref><ref name="plantbiology.ucr.edu">{{cite web|url=http://plantbiology.ucr.edu/faculty/Summary-of-Active-Rootstock-Trials-5-09v5.pdf |work=Plantbiology.ucr.edu|title=Summary of Rootstock Trials (Roose program|date=5/12/09}}</ref>
*Carpenter C-54 citrange<ref name="plantbiology.ucr.edu"/>
*C-32 citrange trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*C-35 citrange trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Calamondin kumquat hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Carrizo citrange trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Citradia trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Citremon trifoliate hybrid (CRC 1449)<ref name=riverside/>
*Citrumelo trifoliate hybrid C190<ref name=riverside/>
*Citrumelo trifoliate hybrid (CRC 1452)<ref name=riverside/>
*Citrumelo trifoliate hybrid (CRC 4475)<ref name=riverside/>
*''Citrus macrophylla'' (Alemow)<ref name=riverside/>
*''Citrus volkameriana'' Volkamer lemon<ref name=riverside/>
*Cleopatra mandarin<ref name=riverside/>
*Cleopatra mandarin X trifoliate hybrid X639<ref name=riverside/>
*Flying dragon trifoliate (CRC 3330A)<ref name=riverside/>
*Fraser Seville sour orange<ref name=riverside/>
*Furr C-57 citrange<ref name="plantbiology.ucr.edu"/>
*Goutoucheng sour orange (CRC 3929)<ref name=riverside/>
*Goutoucheng sour orange (CRC 4004)<ref name=riverside/>
*Grapefruit seedling (CRC 343)<ref name=riverside/>
*Pomeroy trifoliate<ref name=riverside/>
*Rangpur lime X Troyer citrange hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Rich 16-6 trifoliate<ref name=riverside/>
*Rubidoux trifoliate<ref name=riverside/>
*Rusk citrange trifoliate orange<ref name=riverside/>
*Satsuma X trifoliate hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Schaub rough lemon<ref name=riverside/>
*Small-leaf trifoliate<ref name=riverside/>
*Smooth Flat Seville sour orange<ref name=riverside/>
*Sun Chu Sha Kat mandarin<ref name=riverside/>
*US 119 (Grapefruit X trifoliate) X Sweet Orange hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Vangassay rough lemon<ref name=riverside/>
*Yuma Ponderosa lemon pummelo hybrid<ref name=riverside/>
*Zhuluan sour orange hybrid (CRC 3930)<ref name=riverside/>
*Zhuluan sour orange hybrid (CRC 3981)<ref name=riverside/>


{{Further|List of citrus diseases}}
=== Climate ===
[[File:Citrus sinensis JPG01.jpg|right|thumb|Orange tree in the [[National Botanic Garden of Belgium]] – Plant Palace – [[Meise]] ([[Belgium]]).]]
Oranges can be grown outdoors in warmer climates, and indoors in cooler climates. Like most citrus plants, oranges will not do well unless kept between {{convert|15.5|-|29|°C|°F}}. Orange trees grown from the seeds of a store-bought fruit may not produce fruit, and any fruit that is produced may be different than the parent fruit, due to modern techniques of hybridization. To grow the seed of a store-bought orange, one must not let the seed dry out (an approach used for many citrus plants). One method is to put the seeds between the halves of a damp paper towel until they germinate, and then plant them. Many just plant them straight into the soil, making sure to water them regularly. Oranges require a huge amount of water and the citrus industry in the Middle East is a contributing factor to the [[desiccation]] of the region.


[[File:Asian Citrus Psyllid adult.jpg|thumb|The Asian citrus psyllid, ''[[Diaphorina citri]]'', is a major [[Disease vector|vector]] of [[citrus greening disease]].<ref name="Killiny Nehela 2021"/> ]]
Oranges are sensitive to [[frost]], and a common treatment to prevent frost damage when sub-freezing temperatures are expected is to spray the trees with water, since as long as unfrozen water is turning to ice on the trees' branches, the ice that has formed stays just ''at'' the freezing point, giving protection even if air temperatures have dropped far lower.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01243.htm |title=How Cold Can Water Get? |work=NEWTON BBS |publisher=[[Argonne National Laboratory]] |date=2002-09-08 |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref>


[[Citrus greening disease]], caused by the bacterium ''[[Liberobacter asiaticum]]'', has been the most serious threat to orange production since 2010. It is characterized by streaks of different shades on the leaves, and deformed, poorly colored, unsavory fruit. In areas where the disease is endemic, citrus trees live for only five to eight years and never bear fruit suitable for consumption.<ref name=halbert/> In the western hemisphere, the disease was discovered in Florida in 1998, where it has attacked nearly all the trees ever since. It was reported in Brazil by Fundecitrus Brasil in 2004.<ref name="halbert">{{Cite journal |last1=Halbert |first1=Susan E. |last2=Manjunath |first2=Keremane L. |date=September 2004 |title=Asian citrus psyllids (Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae) and greening disease of citrus: A literature review and assessment of risk in Florida |journal=[[The Florida Entomologist]] |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=330–353 |doi=10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0330:ACPSPA]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=56161727 |issn=0015-4040 |doi-access=free }}</ref> As from 2009, 0.87% of the trees in Brazil's main orange growing areas (São Paulo and Minas Gerais) showed symptoms of greening, an increase of 49% over 2008.<ref name=gainbr9006>{{Cite web |url=http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Commodity%20Report_CITRUS%20SEMI-ANNUAL_Sao%20Paulo%20ATO_Brazil_6-18-2009.pdf |title=GAIN Report Number: BR9006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513205206/http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Commodity%20Report_CITRUS%20SEMI-ANNUAL_Sao%20Paulo%20ATO_Brazil_6-18-2009.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-13 |publisher=USDA Foreign Agricultural Service |date=18 June 2009}}</ref>
Another strategy to prevent freezing of orange crops and trees is burning fuel oil in [[smudge pot]]s (also known as a choofa or orchard heater). These burn with a great deal of particulate emission. Condensation of water vapor on particulate soot prevents condensation on plants and raises air temperature very slightly. Smudge pots were first developed after a disastrous freeze in Southern [[California]] in January 1913 wiped out a whole crop.<ref name='moore'>{{cite journal
The disease is spread primarily by [[psyllid]] plant lice such as the Asian citrus psyllid (''[[Diaphorina citri]]'' Kuwayama), an efficient [[Vector (epidemiology)|vector]] of the bacterium.<ref name="Killiny Nehela 2021">{{cite journal |last1=Killiny |first1=Nabil |last2=Nehela |first2=Yasser |last3=George |first3=Justin |last4=Rashidi |first4=Mahnaz |last5=Stelinski |first5=Lukasz L. |last6=Lapointe |first6=Stephen L. |date=2021-07-01 |title=Phytoene desaturase-silenced citrus as a trap crop with multiple cues to attract Diaphorina citri, the vector of Huanglongbing |journal=[[Plant Science (journal)|Plant Science]] |volume=308 |pages=110930 |doi=10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110930 |pmid=34034878 |s2cid=235203508 |issn=0168-9452|doi-access=free }}</ref> Foliar insecticides reduce psyllid populations for a short time, but also suppress beneficial predatory ladybird beetles. Soil application of [[aldicarb]] provided limited control of Asian citrus psyllid, while drenches of [[imidacloprid]] to young trees were effective for two months or more.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Qureshi |first1=J. |last2=Stansly |first2=P. |date=2007-12-01 |title=Integrated approaches for managing the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Florida |url=https://swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/docs/pdf/entomology/publications/Stansly_Non_Qureshi07.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society |volume=120 |pages=110–115 |s2cid=55798062 |access-date=2023-11-17 |archive-date=2023-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117152819/https://swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/docs/pdf/entomology/publications/Stansly_Non_Qureshi07.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Management of citrus greening disease requires an integrated approach that includes use of clean stock, elimination of inoculum via voluntary and regulatory means, use of pesticides to control psyllid vectors in the citrus crop, and biological control of the vectors in non-crop reservoirs.<ref name=halbert/>
|last=Moore
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Greasy spot, a [[Fungal infection in plants|fungal disease]] caused by the ascomycete ''[[Mycosphaerella citri]]'', produces leaf spots and premature defoliation, thus reducing the tree's vigour and yield. [[Ascospore]]s of ''M. citri'' are generated in [[Ascocarp|pseudothecia]] in decomposing fallen leaves.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mondal |first1=S.N. |first2=K.T. |last2=Morgan |first3=L.W. |last3=Timme |date=June 2007 |title=Effect of Water Management and Soil Application of Nitrogen Fertilizers, Petroleum Oils, and Lime on Inoculum Production by Mycosphaerella citri, the Cause of Citrus Greasy Spot |url=http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf |journal=Abstracts for the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticulture Society. |s2cid=113761794 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726020405/http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref>
===Harvesting===
Canopy-shaking mechanical harvesters are increasingly being used in Florida to harvest process oranges. Current canopy shaker machines use a series of six- to seven-foot long tines to shake the tree canopy at a relatively constant shaking stroke and frequency.<ref>R. Ehsani et al. [http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf "In-situ Measurement of the Actual Detachment Force of Oranges Harvested by a Canopy Shaker Harvesting Machine"]. ''Abstracts for the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticulture Society''. (June, 2007)</ref>


== Production ==
===Diseases and pests===
====Cottony cushion scale====
The first major pest attacking orange trees in the United States was the cottony cushion scale (''Icerya purchasi''), which was imported from Australia to California in 1868. Within 20 years, it had wiped out the citrus industry around Los Angeles and seriously limited orange growth throughout California.


{|class="wikitable floatright" style="width:15em; text-align:center;"
In 1888, the [[USDA]] sent Alfred Koebele to Australia to study the scale in its native habitat. He brought back with him specimens of an Australian ladybird beetle, ''Novius cardinalis'', and within a decade the scale had been controlled or eradicated throughout the state.<ref name=coit/>
! colspan=2 |Production of oranges – 2022
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:75%;" |Country
! style="background:#ddf; width:25%;" |<small>Production (millions of [[tonne]]s)</small>
|-
|{{BRA}} ||16.9
|-
|{{IND}} ||10.2
|-
|{{CHN}} ||7.6
|-
|{{MEX}} ||4.8
|-
|{{EGY}} ||3.4
|-
|{{USA}} ||3.1
|-
|'''World''' ||'''76.4'''
|-
|colspan=2 |<small>Source: [[FAOSTAT]] of the [[United Nations]]<ref name="faostat">{{cite web |title=Orange production in 2022, Crops/Regions/World list/Production Quantity/Year (pick lists)|date=2024|publisher=UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Corporate Statistical Database |access-date=15 March 2024 |url=https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL |archive-date=12 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112130804/https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL |url-status=live}}</ref></small>
|}


====Citrus greening disease====
{{Main|Citrus production}}
As of 2010, the most serious threat to orange production is Citrus Greening Disease (''Liberobacter asiaticum''), an insect-vectored bacterium. Although common in parts of Asia, it was first reported in the Western Hemisphere in 2004 in Brazil, by Fundecitrus Brasil. (The insects that carry it were discovered in Florida in 1998.) Since then, it has attacked nearly 100% of the trees in Florida.<ref name=halbert>''Asian Citrus Psllids (Sternorryncha: Psyllidae) and Greening Disease of Citrus'', by Susan E. Halbert and Keremane L. Manjunath, Florida Entomologist (September 2004) p. 330 [http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe87p330.pdf FCLA.edu]</ref> As of 2009, 0.87% of the trees in Brazil's primary orange growing areas (São Paulo and Minas Gerais) showed symptoms of greening, an increase of 49% over 2008.<ref name=gainbr9006>[http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Commodity%20Report_CITRUS%20SEMI-ANNUAL_Sao%20Paulo%20ATO_Brazil_6-18-2009.pdf GAIN Report Number: BR9006], USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (June, 2009)</ref>


In 2022, world production of oranges was 76 million [[tonne]]s, led by [[Brazil]] with 22% of the total, followed by India, China, and Mexico.<ref name=faostat/>
The disease is characterized by blotchy mottle on the leaves, and misshapen, poorly coloured, off-tasting fruit. In areas where the disease is endemic, citrus trees may live for only 5–8 years and never bear usable fruit.<ref name=halbert/>
The [[United States Department of Agriculture]] has established [[food grading|grades]] for Florida oranges, primarily for oranges sold as fresh fruit.<ref name=usda_fla>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5050382 |title=United States Standards for Grades of Florida Oranges and Tangelos |publisher=USDA |date=February 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726100358/http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5050382 |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref> In the United States, groves are located mainly in [[Florida]], [[California]], and [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oranges: Production Map by State |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Citrus_Fruits/orgmap.php |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=1 April 2017 |date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031021526/https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Citrus_Fruits/orgmap.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of California's crop is sold as fresh fruit, whereas Florida's oranges are destined to juice products. The [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]] area of Florida produces high quality juice, which is often sold fresh and blended with juice from other regions, because Indian River trees yield sweet oranges but in relatively small quantities.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Indian River Citrus District |url=http://ircitrusleague.org/history/ |publisher=Indian River Citrus League |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101165048/http://ircitrusleague.org/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Culinary use ==
The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), ''Diaphorina citri'' Kuwayama, is an invasive insect pest of citrus in Brazil and Florida. It is an efficient vector of the bacterium, ''Liberobacter asiaticum'', causal organism of citrus greening disease or "Huanglongbing" (HLB). The pest was first detected in Florida in 1998 and now occurs on all citrus throughout the state. HLB was first detected in Florida 2005 and is spreading rapidly. Generalist predators such as the ladybeetles, ''Curinus coeruleus'', ''Olla v-nigrum'', ''Harmonia axyridis'', and ''Cycloneda sanguinea'', and lacewings such as ''Ceraeochrysa'' spp. and ''Chrysoperla spp.'' make significant contribution to the mortality of ACP, resulting in 80–100% reduction in psyllid populations.


=== Dessert fruit and juice ===
In contrast, parasitism by ''Tamarixia radiata'', a species-specific parasitoid of ACP, is variable and generally low in southwest Florida, averaging less than 12% during May through September and 50% in November 2006.


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Foliar applications of insecticides reduced psyllid populations for a short time at best, but also suppressed the populations of predatory ladybeetles. Soil application of aldicarb provided limited control of ACP while
drenches of imidacloprid to young trees were effective for two months or more.<ref>Jawwad A. Qureshi and Philip A. Stansly (June, 2007) [http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf "Integrated approaches for managing the Asian citrus psyllid (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Florida"]. Abstracts for the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticulture Society</ref>


Oranges, whose flavor may vary from [[sweet]] to [[sour]], are commonly peeled and eaten fresh raw as a dessert. [[Orange juice]] is obtained by squeezing the fruit on a special tool (a ''juicer'' or ''squeezer'') and collecting the juice in a tray or tank underneath. This can be made at home or, on a much larger scale, industrially.<ref name="juice">{{cite web |title=How orange juice is made |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/how-its-made/how-orange-juice-is-made/ |publisher=Discovery Networks International |access-date=16 March 2024 |date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924024259/https://www.discoveryuk.com/how-its-made/how-orange-juice-is-made/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Orange juice is a traded commodity on the [[Intercontinental Exchange]].<ref name="lawson">{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Alex |title=The great orange juice trading rally – and why a big squeeze could lie ahead |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/27/orange-juice-trading-rally |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=22 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122041214/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/27/orange-juice-trading-rally |url-status=live }}</ref> Frozen orange juice concentrate is made from freshly squeezed and filtered juice.<ref>{{cite web |last=Townsend |first=Chet |url=http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/Story/oj_story.html |title=The Story of Florida Orange Juice: From the Grove to Your Glass |date=2012 |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418111255/http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/Story/oj_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Management of citrus greening disease is difficult and requires an integrated approach including use of clean stock, elimination of inoculum via voluntary and regulatory means, use of pesticides to control psyllid vectors in the citrus crop, and biological control of psyllid vectors in non-crop reservoirs. Nowhere in the world where citrus greening disease occurs is it under completely successful management.<ref name=halbert/>


====Greasy spot====
=== Marmalade ===
Greasy spot, caused by ''Mycosphaerella citri'', produces leaf spots and defoliation of orange trees reducing tree vigor and yield. The fungus produces air-borne ascospores from pseudothecia in decomposing leaf litter on the grove floor.<ref>S.N. Mondal, et al. (June, 2007) [http://www.fshs.org/Meetings/2007/FSHS_2007_abstracts.pdf "Effect of Water Management and Soil Application of Nitrogen Fertilizers, Petroleum Oils, and Lime on Inoculum Production by Mycosphaerella citri, the Cause of Citrus Greasy Spot"]. Abstracts for the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticulture Society</ref>


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==Storage and processing==
Under carefully controlled conditions, oranges can be stored refrigerated for up to 12 weeks after harvest, depending on cultivar, harvest conditions, and handling.<ref>
M.A. Ritenour, [http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/hb66/100orange.pdf Orange]. From [http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/hb66/ The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks.]. USDA (2004)</ref>
At home, they have a shelf life of about one week at room temperature and one month refrigerated.<ref name=cpma>
[https://www.cpma.ca/en_hea_storage.asp Home Storage Guide for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables]. Canadian Produce Marketing Association. Retrieved March 2012.</ref>
In either case, they are optimally stored loosely in an open or perforated plastic bag.<ref name=cpma/> Oranges produce odours that are absorbed by meat, eggs and dairy products.<ref name=cpma/>
[[File:2010-12-14 Maroc Agadir Soukh local market.jpg|thumb|Sales stand with oranges in [[Agadir]]/[[Morocco]]]]
===Degreening===
Oranges cannot be artificially ripened and must be mature when harvested. (In Texas,<ref name=sauls>''Harvesting and Pre-pack Handling'', Alfred B. Wagner and Julian W. Sauls (Horticultural Sciences Department, Texas A&M University, 2010).</ref> Arizona, California, and Florida, laws forbid harvesting immature fruit for human consumption.) Ripe oranges, however, often have some green or yellow-green colour in the skin. [[Ethylene]] gas is used to turn green skin orange. The process is called "degreening", or sometimes, "gassing", "sweating" or "curing". Its purpose is to remove the green colour from otherwise mature fruit.


Oranges are made into [[Fruit preserves|jam]] in many countries; in Britain, bitter [[Seville orange]]s are used to make [[marmalade]]. Almost the whole Spanish production is exported to Britain for this purpose. The entire fruit is cut up and boiled with sugar; the pith contributes [[pectin]], which helps the marmalade to set. The first recipe was by an Englishwoman, [[Mary Kettilby]], in 1714. Pieces of peel were first added by [[Janet Keiller]] of [[Dundee]] in the 1790s, contributing a distinctively bitter taste.<ref name="Bateman 1993">{{cite news |last=Bateman |first=Michael |title=Hail marmalade, great chieftain o' the jammy race: Mrs Keiller of Dundee added chunks in the 1790s, thus finally defining a uniquely British gift to gastronomy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/food-drink-hail-marmalade-great-chieftain-o-the-jammy-race-mrs-keiller-of-dundee-added-chunks-in-the-1476300.html |agency=[[The Independent]] |date=3 January 1993 |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223120454/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/food-drink-hail-marmalade-great-chieftain-o-the-jammy-race-mrs-keiller-of-dundee-added-chunks-in-the-1476300.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Orange peel contains the bitter substances [[limonene]] and [[naringin]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Food Chemistry |year=2012 |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages=1892–8 |doi=10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.03.090 |title=Antioxidant capacity and mineral content of pulp and peel from commercial cultivars of citrus from Brazil |last1=Barros |first1=H.R. |last2=Ferreira |first2=T.A. |last3=Genovese |first3=M.I. |pmid=23442635}}</ref><ref name="Hasegawa Berhow Fong 1996">{{cite book |last1=Hasegawa |first1=S. |last2=Berhow |first2=M. A. |last3=Fong |first3=C. H. |title=Fruit Analysis |chapter=Analysis of Bitter Principles in Citrus |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |publication-place=Berlin, Heidelberg |volume=18 |date=1996 |isbn=978-3-642-79662-3 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-79660-9_4 |pages=59–80}}</ref>
Degreening is used primarily in the early fall when night temperatures have not been low enough for the peel to develop its characteristic mature colour. Late oranges such as Valencia sometimes regreen during the spring growth flush and may also be degreened.


=== Extracts ===
Recommended degreening conditions include 82 to 85&nbsp;°F temperature, 92 to 95% relative humidity and 1 to 5 ppm ethylene. Air circulation within the degreening room should produce about one change per minute. In addition, outside air ventilation should be adequate to maintain carbon dioxide level below one percent, which normally requires about one complete change of air per hour.


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Degreening time varies with the amount of green colour, size of fruit and some cultural practices, e.g., excessive nitrogen fertilization promoting vigorous growth and oil-emulsion sprays after mid-July. Maximum degreening times in the US are 48 to 60 hours for oranges, but the degreening period should be as short as possible.<ref name=sauls/>


[[Zest (ingredient)|Zest]] is scraped from the [[flavedo|coloured outer part of the peel]], and used as a flavoring and garnish in desserts and [[cocktail]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bender |first=David |author-link=David A. Bender |title=Oxford Dictionary of Food and Nutrition |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-19-923487-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoffood00bend/page/215 215] |edition=third |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoffood00bend/page/215}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
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Sweet [[orange oil]] is a [[by-product]] of the juice industry produced by pressing the peel. It is used for flavoring food and drinks; it is employed in the perfume industry and in [[aromatherapy]] for its [[fragrance]]. The oil consists of approximately 90% <small>D</small>-limonene, a [[solvent]] used in household chemicals such as wood conditioners for furniture and—along with other citrus oils—detergents and hand cleansers. It is an efficient cleaning agent with a pleasant smell, promoted for being environmentally friendly and therefore preferable to petrochemicals. It is, however, irritating to the skin and toxic to aquatic life.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2005 |title=D-Limonene |publisher=[[International Programme on Chemical Safety]] |url=http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0918.htm |access-date=2010-03-06 |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104220433/https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0918.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 2019 |title=(±)-1-methyl-4-(1-methylvinyl)cyclohexene |publisher=[[ECHA]] |url=https://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/cl-inventory-database/-/discli/details/103051 |access-date=2019-01-22 |archive-date=2020-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029092926/https://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/cl-inventory-database/-/discli/details/103051 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The word ''orange'' is derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''{{unicode|नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ}}'' "orange tree".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/orange | title = Orange | publisher = Reference.com | accessdate = 2008-01-31 | year = 2008 }}</ref> The Sanskrit word is in turn borrowed from the Dravidian root for 'fragrant'. In Tamil, a bitter orange is known as நரண்டம் 'Narandam', a sweet orange is called நகருகம் 'nagarugam' and நாரி 'naari' means fragrance.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Citr_sin.html | title = Orange (Citrus sinensis [[L.]] Osbeck)| publisher = [[University of Graz]] | accessdate = 2009-10-16 | date = 1999-02-03 |first=Gernot |last=Katzer}}{{Self-published inline|date=May 2010}}</ref> In Telugu the orange is called నరిఙ‌ 'naringa'. The Sanskrit word was borrowed into [[Europe]]an languages through [[Persian language|Persian]] نارنگ ''nārang'', [[Armenian language|Armenian]] նարինջ ''nārinj'', [[Arabic language|Arabic]] نارنج ''nāranj'', (Spanish-language ''naranja'' and [[Portuguese (language)|Portuguese]] ''laranja''), [[late Latin]] ''arangia'', [[Italian (language)|Italian]] ''arancia'' or ''arancio'', and [[Old French]] ''orenge'', in chronological order. The first appearance in [[English language|English]] dates from the 14th century. The forms starting with n- are older, and this initial n- may have been mistaken as part of the indefinite article, in languages with articles ending with an -n sound (e.g., in French ''une norenge'' may have been taken as ''une orenge''), a process called [[juncture loss]]. The name of the colour is derived from the fruit, first appearing in this sense in 1542.


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Some languages have different words for the bitter and the sweet orange, such as the [[Modern Greek|Greek]] ''nerantzi'' and ''portokali'', respectively. Or in Persian, the words are ''narang'' and ''porteghal'' (Portugal), in the same order. The reason is that the sweet orange was brought from China or India to Europe during the 15th century by the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]]. Some languages refer to it as ''Applesin'' (or variants), which means "Apple from China",{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} while in Puerto Rico "jugo de china" refers to orange juice,<ref name="Duff1971">{{cite book|author=Charles Duff|title=Spanish for beginners|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0buuN5kapGwC&pg=PA191|accessdate=4 August 2011|date=1 January 1971|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-463271-3|page=191}}</ref> The bitter orange was introduced through Persia.
File:Oranges and orange juice.jpg|Fruit and [[Orange juice|juice]]
File:Zesting an orange.jpg|[[Zest (ingredient)|Zesting]] an orange
File:Sevilleorangemarmalade.jpg|Homemade [[marmalade]], England</gallery>


== In human culture ==
Several Slavic languages use the variants ''pomaranč'' (Slovak), ''pomeranč'' (Czech), ''pomaranča'' (Slovene), ''pomarańcza'' (Polish) from old French ''pomme d'orenge''.<ref>{{cite web |first=T. F. |last=Hoad |title=orange |work=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology |year=1996 |publisher=[[HighBeam Research]] |accessdate=May 19, 2010 |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-orange.html}}</ref>


Oranges have featured in human culture since ancient times. The earliest mention of the sweet orange in [[Chinese literature]] dates from 314 BC.<ref name=fullgenome/> Larissa Pham, in ''[[The Paris Review]]'', notes that sweet oranges were available in China much earlier than in the West. She writes that Zhao Lingrang's fan painting ''Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines'' pays attention not to the fruit's colour but the shape of the fruit-laden trees, and that Su Shi's poem on the same subject runs "You must remember, / the best scenery of the year, / Is exactly now, / when oranges turn yellow and tangerines green."<ref name="Pham 2019"/>
The [[orange (colour)|colour orange]] is named after the appearance of a ripe orange.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paterson|first=Ian|title=A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour |edition=1st paperback|year=2003|publication-date=2004|publisher=Thorogood|location=London|isbn=1-85418-375-3|oclc=60411025|page=280|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>


The scholar Cristina Mazzoni has examined the multiple uses of the fruit in Italian art and literature, from [[Catherine of Siena]]'s sending of candied oranges to [[Pope Urban V|Pope Urban]], to [[Sandro Botticelli]]'s setting of his painting ''[[Primavera (Botticelli)|Primavera]]'' in an orange grove. She notes that oranges symbolised desire and wealth on the one hand, and deformity on the other, while in the fairy-stories of Sicily, they have magical properties.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Freedman |first=Paul |title=Review of Golden Fruit: A Cultural History of Oranges in Italy, by Cristina Mazzoni |journal=Journal of Interdisciplinary History |volume=50 |issue=1 |year=2019 |pages=129–130 |publisher=Project MUSE |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/726018}}</ref> Pham comments that the ''[[Arnolfini Portrait]]'' by [[Jan van Eyck]] contains in a small detail one of the first representations of oranges in Western art, the costly fruit perhaps traded by the merchant Arnolfini himself.<ref name="Pham 2019">{{cite web |last1=Pham |first1=Larissa |title=For the Love of Orange |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/13/for-the-love-of-orange/ |publisher=[[The Paris Review]] |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314150503/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/13/for-the-love-of-orange/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By the 17th century, [[Orangery|orangeries]] were added to great houses in Europe, both to enable the fruit to be grown locally and for prestige, as seen in the [[Versailles Orangerie]] completed in 1686.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thacker |first1=Christopher |last2=[[Louis XIV]] |date=1972 |title="La Manière de montrer les jardins de Versailles," by Louis XIV and Others |journal=Garden History |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=49–69 |doi=10.2307/1586442 |issn=0307-1243 |jstor=1586442}}</ref>
== Juice and other products ==
[[File:Oranges and orange juice.jpg|thumb|upright|Oranges and [[orange juice]]]]
[[File:Harvest Kinnow.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kinnow]], a variety of [[Mandarin orange]] widely cultivated in Pakistan]]
[[File:Sevilleorangemarmalade.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Marmalade]]]]
[[File:Octyl acetate.svg|thumb|upright|[[Octyl acetate]] is responsible for the fragrance of oranges.]]


The Dutch [[Post-Impressionist]] artist [[Vincent van Gogh]] portrayed oranges in paintings such as his 1889 ''Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves'' and his 1890 ''A Child with Orange'', both works late in his life. The American artist of the [[Ashcan School]], [[John Sloan]], made a 1935 painting ''Blond Nude with Orange, Blue Couch'', while [[Henri Matisse]]'s last painting was his 1951 ''Nude with Oranges''; after that he only made cut-outs.<ref name="Michalska 2023">{{cite web |last1=Michalska |first1=Magda |title=The Scent of Orange in the Air: Paintings with Oranges |url=https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/portraits-with-oranges/ |publisher=Daily Art Magazine |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=23 December 2023 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314153633/https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/portraits-with-oranges/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Oranges are widely grown in warm climates worldwide, and the flavours of oranges vary from [[sweet]] to [[sour]]. The fruit is commonly peeled and eaten fresh, or squeezed for its juice. It has a thick bitter [[Peel (fruit)|rind]] that is usually discarded, but can be processed into animal feed by removal of water, using [[pressure]] and heat. It is also used in certain recipes as flavouring or a [[garnish (food)|garnish]]. The outer-most layer of the rind can be grated or thinly veneered with a tool called a [[zester]], to produce orange [[zest (ingredient)|zest]]. Zest is popular in cooking because it contains the oil glands and has a strong flavour similar to the fleshy inner part of the orange. The white part of the rind, called the ''[[pericarp]]'' or ''albedo'' and including the [[pith]], is a source of [[pectin]] and has nearly the same amount of vitamin C as the flesh.


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=== Products made from oranges ===
File:Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines (橙黃橘綠) by Zhao Lingrang (趙令穰).jpg|''Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines'' by Zhao Lingrang, Chinese fan painting from the [[Song dynasty]], c. 1070–1100
* [[Orange juice]] is one of the commodities traded on the [[New York Board of Trade]]. Brazil is the largest producer of orange juice in the world, followed by the USA. It is made by squeezing the fruit on a special instrument called a "''juicer''" or a "''squeezer''." The juice is collected in a small tray underneath. This is mainly done in the home, and in industry is done on a much larger scale.
File:Jan van Eyck 002.jpg|Detail of the ''[[Arnolfini Portrait]]'' by [[Jan van Eyck]], 1434
* Frozen orange juice concentrate is made from freshly squeezed and filtered orange juice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatecitrus.com/Story/oj_story.html|title=The Story of Florida Orange Juice: From the Grove to Your Glass|author=Chet Townsend }}{{Self-published inline|date=May 2010}}</ref>
File:Primavera (Botticelli) (detail).jpg|Detail of ''[[Primavera (Botticelli)|Primavera]]'' by [[Sandro Botticelli]], 1482, set in an orange grove
* Sweet [[orange oil]] is a [[by-product]] of the juice industry produced by pressing the peel. It is used as a [[flavouring]] of food and drink and for its [[fragrance]] in [[perfume]] and [[aromatherapy]]. Sweet orange oil consists of about 90% [[limonene|d-limonene]], a [[solvent]] used in various household chemicals, such as to condition [[wood]]en [[furniture]], and along with other citrus oils in [[petroleum|grease]] removal and as a hand-cleansing agent. It is an efficient cleaning agent which is promoted as being environmentally friendly and preferable to [[petroleum]] distillates.
File:Måleri, stilleben. Frukt - Skoklosters slott - 88970.tif|Still life with oranges on a plate. Possibly [[Jacques Linard]] or [[Louise Moillon]], 1640

File:Orangerie du château de Versailles le 11 septembre 2015 - 78.jpg|The [[Versailles Orangerie]], 1686
However, [[Limonene|d-Limonene]] is classified from slightly toxic to humans<ref>{{cite web |author=Kegley SE, Hill BR, Orme S, Choi AH |title=Limonene |work=PAN Pesticide Database |publisher=Pesticide Action Network |url=http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC32811}}</ref> to very toxic to marine life<ref>{{cite web |month=April |year=2005 |title=D-LIMONENE |publisher=[[International Programme on Chemical Safety]] |url=http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0918.htm}}</ref> in different countries. Its smell is considered more pleasant by some than those of other cleaning agents.
File:OUDRY Orange Tree.jpg|[[Jean-Baptiste Oudry]], ''The Orange Tree'', 1740

File:Vincent van Gogh, Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves, 1889, NGA 164923.jpg|'' Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves'' by [[Vincent van Gogh]], 1889
Although once thought to cause [[Renal cell carcinoma|renal cancer]] in rats, limonene now is known as a [[chemoprophylaxis|chemopreventive]] agent<ref>{{cite journal |author=Crowell PL |title=Prevention and therapy of cancer by dietary monoterpenes |journal=The Journal of Nutrition |volume=129 |issue=3 |pages=775S–778S |year=1999 |pmid=10082788}}</ref> with potential value as a dietary anti-cancer tool in humans.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Tsuda H |title=Cancer prevention by natural compounds |journal=Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=245–63 |year=2004|pmid=15499193 |doi=10.2133/dmpk.19.245|author2=Ohshima Y |author3=Nomoto H |display-authors=3 |last4=Fujita |first4=Ken-Ichi |last5=Matsuda |first5=Eiji |last6=Iigo |first6=Masaaki |last7=Takasuka |first7=Nobuo |last8=Moore |first8=Malcolm A.}}</ref> There is no evidence for [[carcinogen]]icity or [[genotoxic]]ity in humans. The Carcinogenic Potency Project estimates that it causes human cancer on a level roughly equivalent to that caused by exposure to [[caffeic acid]] via dietary coffee intake.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ranking Possible Cancer Hazards on the HERP Index | url = http://potency.lbl.gov/pdfs/herp.pdf | accessdate = 2007-03-19}}</ref> The [[International Agency for Research on Cancer|IARC]] classifies ''d''-limonene under Class 3: ''not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans''.<ref name = iarc>{{Cite book |title=IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans |volume=73-16 |pages=307–27 |year=1999 |url=http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol73/mono73-16.pdf}}</ref>
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* The orange [[blossom]], which is the [[List of U.S. state flowers|state flower]] of Florida, is highly fragrant and traditionally associated with good fortune. It has long been popular in bridal bouquets and head wreaths for weddings.
* Orange blossom essence is an important component in the making of [[perfume]].
* The [[petal]]s of orange blossom can also be made into a delicately citrus-scented version of [[rosewater]]; orange blossom water (aka orange flower water) is a common part of both French and Middle Eastern cuisines, most often as an ingredient in desserts and baked goods. Drops of orange blossom water are used in some Middle Eastern countries to disguise the unpleasant taste of [[hard water]] derived from [[water well|wells]] or stored in a ''qullah'' (a traditional Egyptian water pitcher made from porous [[clay]]).
*In the United States, orange flower water is used to make orange blossom [[scone (bread)|scone]]s and [[marshmallow]]s.
* The orange blossom gives its touristic nickname to the ''[[Costa del Azahar]]'' ("Orange-blossom [[wikt:Costa|coast]]"), the [[Castellon (province)|Castellon]] seaboard.
* In Spain, fallen blossoms are dried and then used to make tea.
* Orange blossom [[honey]], or actually citrus honey, is produced by putting [[beehives]] in the citrus groves during bloom, which also [[pollination|pollinates]] seeded citrus varieties. Orange blossom honey is highly prized, and tastes much like orange.
* [[Marmalade]], a conserve usually made with [[Seville orange]]s. All parts of the orange are used to make marmalade: the pith and pips are separated, and typically placed in a muslin bag where they are boiled in the juice (and sliced peel) to extract their pectin, aiding the setting process.
* Orange peel is used by gardeners as a [[slug]] repellent.
* Orange leaves can be boiled to make tea.
* Orange wood sticks{{anchor|orange wood}} (also spelt orangewood) are used as [[cuticle pusher]]s in manicures and pedicures, and as [[spudger]]s for manipulating slender electronic wires
* Orange wood is a flavouring wood in meat grilling much as mesquite, oak, pecan and hickory are used.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cam sành]] (Green Orange or terra-cotta orange)
* [[Mandarin orange]]
* [[Orange production in Brazil]]


* [[Banana]] – another fruit exported and consumed in large quantities
== Footnotes ==
* [[List of citrus fruits]]
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* [[List of culinary fruits]]


== References ==
== References ==

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* McPhee, John. ''Oranges'' (1966) – focuses on Florida groves.
* Sackman, Douglas Cazaux. ''Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden'' (2005) comprehensive, multidimensional history of citrus industry in California
* Train, John. ''Oranges'' (2006)


== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{Commons|Citrus sinensis}}
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* [http://sun.ars-grin.gov:8080/npgspub/xsql/duke/plantdisp.xsql?taxon=282 ''Citrus sinensis'' List of Chemicals (Dr. Duke's Databases)]


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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140524030656/http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=8199 Oranges: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve, and Enjoy]. (2006). University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. Accessed May 23, 2014.
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Orange—whole, halved, and peeled segment

The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, between the pomelo (Citrus maxima) and the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata). The chloroplast genome, and therefore the maternal line, is that of pomelo. There are many related hybrids including of mandarins and sweet orange. The sweet orange has had its full genome sequenced.

The orange originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar; the earliest mention of the sweet orange was in Chinese literature in 314 BC. Orange trees are widely grown in tropical and subtropical areas for their sweet fruit. The fruit of the orange tree can be eaten fresh or processed for its juice or fragrant peel. In 2022, 76 million tonnes of oranges were grown worldwide, with Brazil producing 22% of the total, followed by India and China.

Oranges, variously understood, have featured in human culture since ancient times. They first appear in Western art in the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, but they had been depicted in Chinese art centuries earlier, as in Zhao Lingrang's Song dynasty fan painting Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines. By the 17th century, an orangery had become an item of prestige in Europe, as seen at the Versailles Orangerie. More recently, artists such as Vincent van Gogh, John Sloan, and Henri Matisse included oranges in their paintings.

Description

The orange tree is a relatively small evergreen, flowering tree, with an average height of 9 to 10 m (30 to 33 ft), although some very old specimens can reach 15 m (49 ft).[1] Its oval leaves, which are alternately arranged, are 4 to 10 cm (1.6 to 3.9 in) long and have crenulate margins.[2] Sweet oranges grow in a range of different sizes, and shapes varying from spherical to oblong. Inside and attached to the rind is a porous white tissue, the white, bitter mesocarp or albedo (pith).[3] The orange contains a number of distinct carpels (segments or pigs, botanically the fruits) inside, typically about ten, each delimited by a membrane and containing many juice-filled vesicles and usually a few pips. When unripe, the fruit is green. The grainy irregular rind of the ripe fruit can range from bright orange to yellow-orange, but frequently retains green patches or, under warm climate conditions, remains entirely green. Like all other citrus fruits, the sweet orange is non-climacteric, not ripening off the tree. The Citrus sinensis group is subdivided into four classes with distinct characteristics: common oranges, blood or pigmented oranges, navel oranges, and acidless oranges.[4][5][6] The fruit is a hesperidium, a modified berry; it is covered by a rind formed by a rugged thickening of the ovary wall.[7][8]

History

Hybrid origins

Citrus trees are angiosperms, and most species are almost entirely interfertile. This includes grapefruits, lemons, limes, oranges, and many citrus hybrids. As the interfertility of oranges and other citrus has produced numerous hybrids and cultivars, and bud mutations have also been selected, citrus taxonomy has proven difficult.[9]

The sweet orange, Citrus x sinensis,[10] is not a wild fruit, but arose in domestication in East Asia. It originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India,[11] and Myanmar.[12] The fruit was created as a cross between a non-pure mandarin orange and a hybrid pomelo that had a substantial mandarin component.[13][14] Since its chloroplast DNA is that of pomelo, it was likely the hybrid pomelo, perhaps a pomelo BC1 backcross, that was the maternal parent of the first orange.[15][16] Based on genomic analysis, the relative proportions of the ancestral species in the sweet orange are approximately 42% pomelo and 58% mandarin.[17] All varieties of the sweet orange descend from this prototype cross, differing only by mutations selected for during agricultural propagation.[16] Sweet oranges have a distinct origin from the bitter orange, which arose independently, perhaps in the wild, from a cross between pure mandarin and pomelo parents.[16]

Sweet oranges have in turn given rise to many further hybrids including the grapefruit, which arose from a sweet orange x pomelo backcross. Spontaneous and engineered backcrosses between the sweet orange and mandarin oranges or tangerines have produced the clementine and murcott. The ambersweet is a complex sweet orange x (Orlando tangelo x clementine) hybrid.[17][18] The citranges are a group of sweet orange x trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata) hybrids.[19]

The orange is a hybrid of mandarin and pomelo.[17]

Arab Agricultural Revolution

The Arab Agricultural Revolution spread citrus fruits as far as the Iberian Peninsula. Page from the Hadith Bayad wa Riyad, 13th century

In Europe, the Moors introduced citrus fruits including the bitter orange, lemon, and lime to Al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula during the Arab Agricultural Revolution.[20] Large-scale cultivation started in the 10th century, as evidenced by complex irrigation techniques specifically adapted to support orange orchards.[21][20] Citrus fruits—among them the bitter orange—were introduced to Sicily in the 9th century during the period of the Emirate of Sicily, but the sweet orange was unknown there until the late 15th century or the beginnings of the 16th century, when Italian and Portuguese merchants brought orange trees into the Mediterranean area.[11]

Spread across Europe

Shortly afterward, the sweet orange quickly was adopted as an edible fruit. It was considered a luxury food grown by wealthy people in private conservatories, called orangeries. By 1646, the sweet orange was well known throughout Europe; it went on to become the most often cultivated of all fruit trees.[11] Louis XIV of France had a great love of orange trees and built the grandest of all royal Orangeries at the Palace of Versailles.[22] At Versailles, potted orange trees in solid silver tubs were placed throughout the rooms of the palace, while the Orangerie allowed year-round cultivation of the fruit to supply the court. When Louis condemned his finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, in 1664, part of the treasures that he confiscated were over 1,000 orange trees from Fouquet's estate at Vaux-le-Vicomte.[23]

To the Americas

Spanish travelers introduced the sweet orange to the American continent. On his second voyage in 1493, Christopher Columbus may have planted the fruit on Hispaniola.[6] Subsequent expeditions in the mid-1500s brought sweet oranges to South America and Mexico, and to Florida in 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St Augustine. Spanish missionaries brought orange trees to Arizona between 1707 and 1710, while the Franciscans did the same in San Diego, California, in 1769.[11] Archibald Menzies, the botanist on the Vancouver Expedition, collected orange seeds in South Africa, raised the seedlings on board, and gave them to several Hawaiian chiefs in 1792. The sweet orange came to be grown across the Hawaiian Islands, but its cultivation stopped after the arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly in the early 1900s.[11][24] Florida farmers obtained seeds from New Orleans around 1872, after which orange groves were established by grafting the sweet orange on to sour orange rootstocks.[11]

Etymology

The word "orange" derives ultimately from Proto-Dravidian or Tamil நாரம் (nāram). From there the word entered Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), meaning 'orange tree'. The Sanskrit word reached European languages through Persian نارنگ (nārang) and its Arabic derivative نارنج (nāranj).[25]

The word entered Late Middle English in the 14th century via Old French pomme d'orenge.[26] Other forms include Old Provençal auranja,[27] Italian arancia, formerly narancia.[25] In several languages, the initial n present in earlier forms of the word dropped off because it may have been mistaken as part of an indefinite article ending in an n sound. In French, for example, une norenge may have been heard as une orenge. This linguistic change is called juncture loss. The color was named after the fruit,[28] with the first recorded use of orange as a color name in English in 1512.[29][30]

Etymology of 'orange'

Composition

Nutrition

Oranges, raw,
all commercial varieties
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy197 kJ (47 kcal)
11.75 g
Sugars9.35 g
Dietary fiber2.4 g
0.12 g
0.94 g
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV
Vitamin A equiv.
1%
11 μg
Thiamine (B1)
7%
0.087 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
3%
0.04 mg
Niacin (B3)
2%
0.282 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
5%
0.25 mg
Vitamin B6
4%
0.06 mg
Folate (B9)
8%
30 μg
Choline
2%
8.4 mg
Vitamin C
59%
53.2 mg
Vitamin E
1%
0.18 mg
MineralsQuantity
%DV
Calcium
3%
40 mg
Iron
1%
0.1 mg
Magnesium
2%
10 mg
Manganese
1%
0.025 mg
Phosphorus
1%
14 mg
Potassium
6%
181 mg
Zinc
1%
0.07 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Water86.75 g

Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[31] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[32]

Orange flesh is 87% water, 12% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contains negligible fat (see table). As a 100-gram reference amount, orange flesh provides 47 calories, and is a rich source of vitamin C, providing 64% of the Daily Value. No other micronutrients are present in significant amounts (see table).

Phytochemicals

Oranges contain diverse phytochemicals, including carotenoids (beta-carotene, lutein and beta-cryptoxanthin), flavonoids (e.g. naringenin)[33] and numerous volatile organic compounds producing orange aroma, including aldehydes, esters, terpenes, alcohols, and ketones.[34] Orange juice contains only about one-fifth the citric acid of lime or lemon juice (which contain about 47 g/L).[35]

Taste

Octyl acetate, a volatile compound contributing to the fragrance of oranges

The taste of oranges is determined mainly by the ratio of sugars to acids, whereas orange aroma derives from volatile organic compounds, including alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, terpenes, and esters.[36][37] Bitter limonoid compounds, such as limonin, decrease gradually during development, whereas volatile aroma compounds tend to peak in mid- to late-season development.[38] Taste quality tends to improve later in harvests when there is a higher sugar/acid ratio with less bitterness.[38] As a citrus fruit, the orange is acidic, with pH levels ranging from 2.9[39] to 4.0.[39][40] Taste and aroma vary according to genetic background, environmental conditions during development, ripeness at harvest, postharvest conditions, and storage duration.[36][37]

Cultivars

Common

Common oranges (also called "white", "round", or "blond" oranges) constitute about two-thirds of all orange production. The majority of this crop is used for juice.[4][6]

Valencia

The Valencia orange is a late-season fruit; it is popular when navel oranges are out of season. Thomas Rivers, an English nurseryman, imported this variety from the Azores and catalogued it in 1865 under the name Excelsior. Around 1870, he provided trees to S. B. Parsons, a Long Island nurseryman, who in turn sold them to E. H. Hart of Federal Point, Florida.[41]

Navel oranges have a characteristic second fruit at the apex, which protrudes slightly like a human navel. They are mainly an eating fruit, as their thicker skin makes them easy to peel, they are less juicy and their bitterness makes them less suitable for juice.[4] The parent variety was probably the Portuguese navel orange or Umbigo.[42] The cultivar rapidly spread to other countries, but being seedless it had to be propagated by cutting and grafting.[43]

The Cara cara orange is a type of navel orange grown mainly in Venezuela, South Africa and California's San Joaquin Valley. It is sweet and low in acid,[44] with distinctively pinkish red flesh. It was discovered at the Hacienda Cara Cara in Valencia, Venezuela, in 1976.[45]

Blood

Blood oranges, with an intense red coloration inside, are widely grown around the Mediterranean; there are several cultivars.[11] The development of the red color requires cool nights.[46] The redness is mainly due to the anthocyanin pigment chrysanthemin (cyanidin 3-O-glucoside).[47]

Acidless

Acidless oranges are an early-season fruit with very low levels of acid. They also are called "sweet" oranges in the United States, with similar names in other countries: douce in France, sucrena in Spain, dolce or maltese in Italy, meski in North Africa and the Near East (where they are especially popular), succari in Egypt, and lima in Brazil.[4] The lack of acid, which protects orange juice against spoilage in other groups, renders them generally unfit for processing as juice, so they are primarily eaten. They remain profitable in areas of local consumption, but rapid spoilage renders them unsuitable for export to major population centres of Europe, Asia, or the United States.[4]

Cultivation

Climate

Like most citrus plants, oranges do well under moderate temperatures—between 15.5 and 29 °C (59.9 and 84.2 °F)—and require considerable amounts of sunshine and water. They are principally grown in tropical and subtropical regions.[6]

As oranges are sensitive to frost, farmers have developed methods to protect the trees from frost damage. A common process is to spray the trees with water so as to cover them with a thin layer of ice, insulating them even if air temperatures drop far lower. This practice, however, offers protection only for a very short time.[48] Another procedure involves burning fuel oil in smudge pots put between the trees. These burn with a great deal of particulate emission, so condensation of water vapor on the particulate soot prevents condensation on plants and raises the air temperature very slightly. Smudge pots were developed after a disastrous freeze in southern California in January 1913 destroyed a whole crop.[49]

Propagation

Commercially grown orange trees are propagated asexually by grafting a mature cultivar onto a suitable seedling rootstock to ensure the same yield, identical fruit characteristics, and resistance to diseases throughout the years. Propagation involves two stages: first, a rootstock is grown from seed. Then, when it is approximately one year old, the leafy top is cut off and a bud taken from a specific scion variety, is grafted into its bark. The scion is what determines the variety of orange, while the rootstock makes the tree resistant to pests and diseases and adaptable to specific soil and climatic conditions. Thus, rootstocks influence the rate of growth and have an effect on fruit yield and quality.[50] Rootstocks must be compatible with the variety inserted into them because otherwise, the tree may decline, be less productive, or die.[50] Among the advantages to grafting are that trees mature uniformly and begin to bear fruit earlier than those reproduced by seeds (3 to 4 years in contrast with 6 to 7 years),[51] and that farmers can combine the best attributes of a scion with those of a rootstock.[52]

Harvest

Canopy-shaking mechanical harvesters are being used increasingly in Florida to harvest oranges. Current canopy shaker machines use a series of six-to-seven-foot-long tines to shake the tree canopy at a relatively constant stroke and frequency.[53] Oranges are picked once they are pale orange.[54]

Degreening

Oranges must be mature when harvested. In the United States, laws forbid harvesting immature fruit for human consumption in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.[55] Ripe oranges, however, often have some green or yellow-green color in the skin. Ethylene gas is used to turn green skin to orange. This process is known as "degreening", "gassing", "sweating", or "curing".[55] Oranges are non-climacteric fruits and cannot ripen internally in response to ethylene gas after harvesting, though they will de-green externally.[56]

Storage

Commercially, oranges can be stored by refrigeration in controlled-atmosphere chambers for up to twelve weeks after harvest. Storage life ultimately depends on cultivar, maturity, pre-harvest conditions, and handling.[57] At home, oranges have a shelf life of about one month, and are best stored loose.[58]

Pests and diseases

Pests

Cottony cushion scale insects devastated orange groves across California in the 19th century, and were the first pest to be subject to successful biological control.[41]

The first major pest that attacked orange trees in the United States was the cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi), imported from Australia to California in 1868. Within 20 years, it wiped out the citrus orchards around Los Angeles, and limited orange growth throughout California. In 1888, the USDA sent Alfred Koebele to Australia to study this scale insect in its native habitat. He brought back with him specimens of an Australian ladybird, Novius cardinalis (the Vedalia beetle), and within a decade the pest was controlled. This was one of the first successful applications of biological pest control on any crop.[41] The orange dog caterpillar of the giant swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, is a pest of citrus plantations in North America, where it eats new foliage and can defoliate young trees.[59]

Diseases

The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, is a major vector of citrus greening disease.[60]

Citrus greening disease, caused by the bacterium Liberobacter asiaticum, has been the most serious threat to orange production since 2010. It is characterized by streaks of different shades on the leaves, and deformed, poorly colored, unsavory fruit. In areas where the disease is endemic, citrus trees live for only five to eight years and never bear fruit suitable for consumption.[61] In the western hemisphere, the disease was discovered in Florida in 1998, where it has attacked nearly all the trees ever since. It was reported in Brazil by Fundecitrus Brasil in 2004.[61] As from 2009, 0.87% of the trees in Brazil's main orange growing areas (São Paulo and Minas Gerais) showed symptoms of greening, an increase of 49% over 2008.[62] The disease is spread primarily by psyllid plant lice such as the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama), an efficient vector of the bacterium.[60] Foliar insecticides reduce psyllid populations for a short time, but also suppress beneficial predatory ladybird beetles. Soil application of aldicarb provided limited control of Asian citrus psyllid, while drenches of imidacloprid to young trees were effective for two months or more.[63] Management of citrus greening disease requires an integrated approach that includes use of clean stock, elimination of inoculum via voluntary and regulatory means, use of pesticides to control psyllid vectors in the citrus crop, and biological control of the vectors in non-crop reservoirs.[61]

Greasy spot, a fungal disease caused by the ascomycete Mycosphaerella citri, produces leaf spots and premature defoliation, thus reducing the tree's vigour and yield. Ascospores of M. citri are generated in pseudothecia in decomposing fallen leaves.[64]

Production

Production of oranges – 2022
Country Production (millions of tonnes)
 Brazil 16.9
 India 10.2
 China 7.6
 Mexico 4.8
 Egypt 3.4
 United States 3.1
World 76.4
Source: FAOSTAT of the United Nations[65]

In 2022, world production of oranges was 76 million tonnes, led by Brazil with 22% of the total, followed by India, China, and Mexico.[65] The United States Department of Agriculture has established grades for Florida oranges, primarily for oranges sold as fresh fruit.[66] In the United States, groves are located mainly in Florida, California, and Texas.[67] The majority of California's crop is sold as fresh fruit, whereas Florida's oranges are destined to juice products. The Indian River area of Florida produces high quality juice, which is often sold fresh and blended with juice from other regions, because Indian River trees yield sweet oranges but in relatively small quantities.[68]

Culinary use

Dessert fruit and juice

Oranges, whose flavor may vary from sweet to sour, are commonly peeled and eaten fresh raw as a dessert. Orange juice is obtained by squeezing the fruit on a special tool (a juicer or squeezer) and collecting the juice in a tray or tank underneath. This can be made at home or, on a much larger scale, industrially.[69] Orange juice is a traded commodity on the Intercontinental Exchange.[70] Frozen orange juice concentrate is made from freshly squeezed and filtered juice.[71]

Marmalade

Oranges are made into jam in many countries; in Britain, bitter Seville oranges are used to make marmalade. Almost the whole Spanish production is exported to Britain for this purpose. The entire fruit is cut up and boiled with sugar; the pith contributes pectin, which helps the marmalade to set. The first recipe was by an Englishwoman, Mary Kettilby, in 1714. Pieces of peel were first added by Janet Keiller of Dundee in the 1790s, contributing a distinctively bitter taste.[72] Orange peel contains the bitter substances limonene and naringin.[73][74]

Extracts

Zest is scraped from the coloured outer part of the peel, and used as a flavoring and garnish in desserts and cocktails.[75]

Sweet orange oil is a by-product of the juice industry produced by pressing the peel. It is used for flavoring food and drinks; it is employed in the perfume industry and in aromatherapy for its fragrance. The oil consists of approximately 90% D-limonene, a solvent used in household chemicals such as wood conditioners for furniture and—along with other citrus oils—detergents and hand cleansers. It is an efficient cleaning agent with a pleasant smell, promoted for being environmentally friendly and therefore preferable to petrochemicals. It is, however, irritating to the skin and toxic to aquatic life.[76][77]

In human culture

Oranges have featured in human culture since ancient times. The earliest mention of the sweet orange in Chinese literature dates from 314 BC.[13] Larissa Pham, in The Paris Review, notes that sweet oranges were available in China much earlier than in the West. She writes that Zhao Lingrang's fan painting Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines pays attention not to the fruit's colour but the shape of the fruit-laden trees, and that Su Shi's poem on the same subject runs "You must remember, / the best scenery of the year, / Is exactly now, / when oranges turn yellow and tangerines green."[78]

The scholar Cristina Mazzoni has examined the multiple uses of the fruit in Italian art and literature, from Catherine of Siena's sending of candied oranges to Pope Urban, to Sandro Botticelli's setting of his painting Primavera in an orange grove. She notes that oranges symbolised desire and wealth on the one hand, and deformity on the other, while in the fairy-stories of Sicily, they have magical properties.[79] Pham comments that the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck contains in a small detail one of the first representations of oranges in Western art, the costly fruit perhaps traded by the merchant Arnolfini himself.[78] By the 17th century, orangeries were added to great houses in Europe, both to enable the fruit to be grown locally and for prestige, as seen in the Versailles Orangerie completed in 1686.[80]

The Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh portrayed oranges in paintings such as his 1889 Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves and his 1890 A Child with Orange, both works late in his life. The American artist of the Ashcan School, John Sloan, made a 1935 painting Blond Nude with Orange, Blue Couch, while Henri Matisse's last painting was his 1951 Nude with Oranges; after that he only made cut-outs.[81]

See also

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