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Citrus × aurantium
Also called Sour orange, Seville Orange, Bigarade, Guntur Sour Orange, Kichili, King Orange, Kitchli
Bitter orange is a small evergreen citrus tree, a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin, grown for its sour fruit used in marmalade and for its essential oil. It needs warm, sunny conditions and well-drained soil to fruit well.
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. It is a cross between the pomelo, Citrus maxima, and the wild type mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata. The bitter orange is used to make essential oil, used in foods, drinks, and pharmaceuticals. The Seville orange is prized for making British orange marmalade.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bitter orange by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
