The orange, or sweet orange, is the fruit of a tree in the Rutaceae family, botanically a hybrid between the pomelo and the mandarin orange. It originated in a region spanning southern China, northeast India and Myanmar, with the earliest known mention of the sweet orange appearing in Chinese literature in 314 BC. Orange trees are now grown widely in tropical and subtropical regions, with Brazil the leading modern producer. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific NameCitrus × sinensis (sweet orange, a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin orange) 1 Domestication RegionSouthern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar 1 314 BC is the earliest known literary mention of the sweet orange, not a claimed domestication date. Domesticated When (Circa)earliest literary mention in Chinese literature, 314 BC 1 Connections
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Citrus canker (Xanthomonas citri) is a major bacterial disease of orange and other citrus.
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Huanglongbing (citrus greening) is the most destructive disease of orange and citrus worldwide.
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1. Orange (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
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.
Lead section, scientific name
Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, between the pomelo (Citrus maxima) and the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata).
Lead section, classification
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.
Lead section, domestication region
The orange originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar
Lead section, domestication date
the earliest mention of the sweet orange was in Chinese literature in 314 BC.
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