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The bitter orange, sour orange, Seville orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange is the hybrid citrus tree species Citrus × aurantium, and its fruit. It is native to Southeast Asia and has been spread by humans to many parts of the world.
The well-known version is made from bitter orange. It is also made from lemons , limes , grapefruits , mandarins , sweet oranges , bergamots , and other citrus fruits , or a combination. Citrus is the most typical choice of fruit for marmalade, though historically the term has often been used for non-citrus preserves.
Notes Orange: Bergamot orange: Citrus bergamia: Citrus bergamia, the bergamot orange, is a fragrant citrus fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow or green colour similar to a lime, depending on ripeness. Genetic research into the ancestral origins of extant citrus cultivars found bergamot orange to be a probable hybrid of lemon and bitter ...
The daidai (Japanese: 橙, 臭 橙; Chinese: 酸 橙; Korean: 광귤, gwanggyul) is a variety of bitter orange native to Asian regions. The daidai originated in the Himalayas. It spread to the Yangtze valley region and later to Japan. The colour of the fruit loses its yellowish hue and becomes greener in the spring.
Bitter orange foliage, blossoms and fruit. Neroli oil is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium subsp. amara or Bigaradia). Its scent is sweet, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets. Orange blossom is also extracted from the same blossom and both extracts are extensively used ...
A double graft union of diamante citron upon sour orange rootstock. Sour orange: the only rootstock that truly is an orange (the Citrus × aurantium or bitter orange). It is vigorous and highly drought-resistant. Poncirus trifoliata: a close relative of the genus Citrus, sometimes classified as Citrus trifoliata.
It is native to northern China and Korea, and is also known as the Japanese bitter-orange (karatachi), [4] hardy orange [5] or Chinese bitter orange. The plant is a fairly cold-hardy citrus ( USDA zone 6) and will tolerate moderate frost and snow, making a large shrub or small tree 4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall.
Her work has been translated into many languages, and has won numerous domestic and international awards. Noted books include Zigzag through the Bitter Orange Trees (English translation by Peter Green), which was the first novel to win both the Greek State Prize for Literature and Greece's Book Critics' Award.