Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:783. 1753
Verified:
03/06/2020
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Citrus ×aurantium L.
Common names
English
blood orange – navel orange – orange – sweet orange – Valencia orange – Dutch
Sinaasappel – French
navel – orange douce – oranger – oranger doux – sanguine – German
Apfelsine – Apfelsinenbaum – Orange – Orangenbaum – Italian
arancio dolce – Japanese Rōmaji
iyo-kan – Portuguese
laranja-doce – laranjeira – laranjeira-doce – Portuguese (Brazil)
laranja-amarga – laranja-azeda – laranja-bigarade – laranja-da-terra – laranja-de-sevilha – Spanish
naranja – naranjo duce – Transcribed Chinese
tian cheng – Transcribed Korean
danggyulnamu –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics & subtropics |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | probable origin s.e. Asia |
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
Other
(probable origin s.e. Asia)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Bee plants | honey production | | Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
| Human food | beverage base | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Human food | fruit | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Human food | fruit | as Citrus genshokan | Yamamoto, M. et al. 2013. Diversity of chloroplast DNA in various mandarins (Citrus spp.) and other Citrus demonstrated by CAPS analysis. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 82:106-113. |
| Human food | oil/fat | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Materials | essential oils | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| Materials | lipids | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| Materials | potential source of chemicals | for flavonoids used in pharmaceutical industry, as Citrus iyo | Nogata, Y. et al. 2006. Flavonoid composition of fruit tissues of Citrus species. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 70:178-192. |
| Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10689.
Accessed 4 May 2025.