Citrus sinensis , Valencia orange

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Brief facts

• Citrus sinensis is a compact tree, growing to about 10 m tall, with thorny shoots and evergreen leaves.
• Oranges originated in southeast Asia - India, Pakistan, Vietnam or China.
• Navel orange resulted from a single mutation which occured in 1820. The mutation causes a formation of the smaller, undeveloped "twin" fruit embedded in the outer fruit opposite the stem.

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Developmental stages, life cycle

Life Cycle Stages

• seed stage MeSH
  • dormant seed
  • germinating seed MeSH
• seedling MeSHyoung tree up to 2 years old and/or up to 1 m tall
• sapling
• mature
  • flowering
  • fruit set
  • ripening
    • green fruit
      • mature green fruit
    • breaker stage
    • ripe

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References

Websites

• Orange Citrus sinensis
• Wikipedia: Citrus sinensis (orange)

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