Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Family : RUTACEAE
Genus : Citrus
Catalan common name : Taronger dolç.
Spanish common name : Naranjo. Naranjo de la China. Naranjo dulce.
General distribution : Chinese-Japanese
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated specie.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal.
Observations : It is often considered a variant of Citrus aurantium.
Origen : És incert, però es creu de la Xina.
Location on-campus UIB : Freqüent a l'hort de Son Lledó.
Description : A small evergreen tree, it has a more or less thorny rounded crown. The leaves are broadly elliptic, 7-10cm, and the wing of the petiole is moderately broad, which is what distinguishes it from Citrus aurantium as well as the fruit which has a thinner, less bright, yellowy-orange peel than Citrus aurantium; and because of the wing of the leaf peduncle which is longer and loses the heart shape Citrus aurantium has, but above all for the fruits which are either sweet or sour, but not bitter.
