The orange is the fruit of numerous citrus species in the family rutaceae (see list of plants referred to as orange); it mostly refers to citrus × sinensis, which is also known as sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related citrus × aurantium, known as bitter orange. The candy orange reproduces asexually (apomixis through nucellar embryony); varieties of sweet orange rise up thru mutations. The orange is a hybrid between pomelo (citrus maxima) and mandarin (citrus reticulata). The chloroplast genome, and therefore the maternal line, is that of pomelo. The candy orange has had its full genome sequenced.
The orange originated in a region comprising southern china, northeast india, and myanmar, and the earliest point out of the candy orange turned into in chinese language literature in 314 bc. As of 1987, orange trees were found to be the maximum cultivated fruit tree within the global. Orange trees are extensively grown in tropical and subtropical climates for his or her candy fruit. The fruit of the orange tree can be eaten clean, or processed for its juice or fragrant peel. As of 2012, sweet oranges accounted for about 70% of citrus production. In 2017, seventy three million tonnes of oranges had been grown global, with brazil generating 24% of the world general, accompanied via china and india.
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