The orange
π In short
The orange is a round citrus fruit, orange in color, with sweet refreshing juice. People all over the world love it and drink its juice at breakfast. It's very rich in vitamin C, which helps protect you from colds.
π€© Did you know?
- People have grown oranges for more than 4000 years.
- Some kinds of orange ripen 8 months after flowering, and some need 20 months.
- Brazil is the world's biggest orange producer.
- In Arabic, the word for orange, βburtuqalβ, comes from the name Portugal!
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π The citrus family
The orange belongs to the citrus family, with lemons, mandarins, grapefruit and sweet limes. They all have peel with fragrant oil in it.
π Segments inside
When you peel an orange you find crescent-shaped segments inside, and each segment has tiny sacs full of juice.
π‘ The orange tree
The orange tree is evergreen, with very fragrant white flowers called orange blossom, which are made into orange blossom water for Arab sweets.
π― The orange's journey
The orange comes from Southeast Asia, Arab traders brought it to the Mediterranean and Andalusia, and then it spread all over the world.
πΈ More pictures
𧩠Test yourself
1 Which vitamin are oranges full of?
2 What is made from orange blossom?
3 People have grown oranges for more than ?? years.
4 Which picture shows βThe orangeβ?
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π· Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
- Ivar Leidus Β· CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alexander Hardin Β· CC BY 3.0
- Geo Lightspeed7 Β· CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mmacbeth Β· CC0
