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Citrus ×bergamia
Also called Lemon, Canton Lemon, Chinese Dwarf Lemon, Meyer Lemon, Otaheite Orange, Rangpur Lime, Balotin Bergamot
Bergamot orange is a small, fragrant citrus tree that flowers in winter and produces a fruit about the size of an orange, prized mainly for its aromatic peel oil. It grows best in a warm, frost-free, sunny spot with well-drained soil.
Citrus bergamia, commonly known as the bergamot orange (pronounced ), is a fragrant citrus fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow or green colour similar to a lime, depending on ripeness.
Genetic research into the ancestral origins of extant citrus cultivars found bergamot orange to be a probable hybrid of lemon (itself a hybrid between bitter orange and citron) and bitter orange. Extracts have been used as an aromatic ingredient in food, tea, snus, perfumes, and cosmetics. Use on the skin can increase photosensitivity, resulting in greater damage from sun exposure.
In several patch test studies, application of some sources of bergamot oil directly to the skin of guinea pigs was shown to have a concentration-dependent phototoxic effect of increasing redness after exposure to ultraviolet light (due to the chemical bergapten, and possibly also citropten, bergamottin, geranial, and neral). This is a property shared by many other citrus fruits and other members of Rutaceae, including rue.
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