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Orange Blossom SoundOrange (fruit) Orange (fruit) Citrus fruit "Orange peel" redirects here. For other uses, see Orange peel (disambiguation). 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. Hybrids of the sweet orange form later types of mandarin and the grapefruit. The sweet orange has had its full genome sequenced. Orange—whole, halved, and peeled segment The orange originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar; the earliest mention of the sweet… (Source: Wikipedia)
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