Mazhar Botanic Garden

Citrus aurantium Thunb

Bitter Orange sour orange

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: aurantium
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000647
English name: Bitter Orange, sour orange
Arabic name: نارنج
Native: Southeast Asia
Country: Southeast Asia
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Tree growing to 9 m tall leaves broad flowers whit, very fragrant fruit spherical have a thick, orange or sometimes green peel

fruit not edible fresh. Essential oils obtained from the peel, petals and leaves used as a food flavoring and also in perfumery and medicines . Used in marmalade, jellies, salad dressing. Extracts for its numerous medicinal uses.

Citrus aurantium var amara L

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Texture: Moist Sandy
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, cuttings, rootstocks for the sweet orange.
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 5-6

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