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Orange blossom essence is an important component in the making of perfume. Orange blossom petals can also be made into a delicately citrus-scented counterpart to rosewater, known as "orange blossom water" or "orange flower water". It is a common ingredient in French and Middle Eastern cuisines, especially in desserts and baked goods.
Choisya / ˈ ʃ ɔɪ z i ə / [2] is a small genus of aromatic evergreen shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae.Members of the genus are commonly known as Mexican orange due to the similarity of their flowers to those of the closely related orange, both in shape and scent.
Choisya ternata is an evergreen shrub, growing up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. Its leaves have three leaflets (hence ternata) and are aromatic, releasing a smell reminiscent of basil when crushed. [2]
Orange blossoms are among Morocco’s quintessential fragrances. Moroccan women are welcoming spring by collecting the waxy white blossoms in copper pots used to distill the scent that's folded ...
The flowers are pale green or yellow (rarely white), with an orange band on the tepals; they yield large quantities of nectar. Flowers: May. Perfect, solitary, terminal, greenish yellow, borne on stout peduncles, 40–50 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –2 in) long, cup-shaped, erect, conspicuous. The bud is enclosed in a sheath of two triangular bracts which ...
The trifoliate orange is recognizable by the large 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) thorns on the shoots, and its deciduous leaves with three (or rarely, five) leaflets, typically with the middle leaflet 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long, and the two side leaflets 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) long.
The flowers are produced in clusters at the ends of long stems, with four white petals up to 4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and numerous yellow stamens. At the height of flowering, the plant is covered in a mass of blossoms. The flowers have a heavy, sweet scent similar to orange blossoms with a hint of pineapple. [4]
Philadelphus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f ə s / [2]) (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.