Rutaceae rue family, citrus family medicinal use of sweet orange. Citrus fruits are the most important fruit tree crop in the world, with an annual production of over 120 million tons, of which oranges constitute about 60% of the total production, followed by tangerines with about 20%. And you will be glad to know that under the right conditions, you can grow classic orange trees in pots and create a miniorchard of your own. Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family rutaceae.
Leaves are smooth, oval, 515cm x 28 cm, dark green, and glossy. Antihyperlipidemic effects of citrus sinensis, citrus. Control groups were intraperitoneally injected with diazepam 2 mgkg or saline, in an injection volume of 10 mlkg, 30 min before the behavioural tests. Citrus is widely grown in nigeria and many other tropical and subtropical regions piccinelli, 2008et al. Clusters of fragrant white flowers in spring are followed by edible, sweet orange fruit ready for harvest in autumn or winter. Orange citrus sinensis is well known for its nutritional and medicinal properties throughout. Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, rutaceae. Pronunciation of citrus sinensis with 1 audio pronunciation, 4 synonyms, 1 meaning, 3 translations and more for citrus sinensis. Giant swallowtail, orangedog, papilio cresphontes cramer insecta. Starr1503260722citrus sinensisforests shadow and laysan albatrossescitrus grove town sand islandmidway atoll 24636146684. One of the most widely favored of the worlds fruits, the orange, sweet orange, or round orange, was for many years known as citrus aurantium var. Citrus highly fragrant flowers divided into four or five parts, insect pollenated, radially.
Flowers edit the orange blossom, which is the state flower of florida, is highly fragrant and traditionally associated with good fortune. Citrus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Safety assessment of citrus fruitderived ingredients as. The orange fruit is an important agricultural product, used for both the juicy fruit pulp and the. March 2014 the panel tabled further discussion of 198 citrusderived ingredients to allow cir staff to reorganize the report and to obtain clarification from rifm on the functions of some of the ingredients. Citrus highly fragrant flowers divided into four or five parts, insect pollenated, radially symmetric, generally hermaphroditic sweet orange tree. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by apomictic reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion, insects. Juice quality of two new mandarinlike hybrids citrus clementina hort. Orange citrus sinensis is a citrus fruit and a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin orange. Kaur, in science and technology of fruit wine production, 2017. Citrus is the most extensively produced tree fruit crop in the world.
Citrus sinensis orange sweet orange round orange care. Pdf chemistry and pharmacology of citrus sinensis researchgate. Grapefruit pink citrus x paradisi lemon citrus x limon lime citrus x aurantifolia mandarin citrus reticulata neroli citrus x aurantium orange blood citrus sinensis orange sweet citrus sinensis palo santo bursera graveolens ravensara ravensara aromatica tangerine citrus reticulata yuzu citrus junos lemongrass cymbopogon exuosus melissa. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report. This study aimed to assess the effects of citrus sinensis flower and mentha spicata leaves essential oils inhalation in two different groups of athlete male students on their exercise performance and lung function. Like the sweet orange, it is a pomelo x mandarin hybrid, but arose from a distinct hybridization event. The orange is the fruit of various citrus species in the family rutaceae. The sweet orange, which is the kind that are most often eaten today, grew first in south and east asia but now grows in lots of parts of the world oranges are round orangecoloured fruit that grow on a tree which can reach 10. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes the genus citrus is native to south asia, east asia, southeast asia, melanesia, and australia. Citrus x limonia rangpur citrus x paradisi grapefruit citrus x sinensis sweet orange synonyms. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. It originated in tropical and subtropical southeast asia.
One of its first recorded regional names was the persian. This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus citrus family rutaceae the record derives from tropicos data supplied on 20120418 which reports it as an accepted name record 50149358 with original publication details. Huang d, wang x, tang z, yuan y, xu y, he j, jiang x, peng sa, li l, butelli e, deng x, xu q. Orange, portugal orange, china orange, appelsin danish, apfelsine german, naranjo spanish, zhi shi chinese. This kind of citrus is more commonly known as sweet orange. To study the morphology, biochemistry and corrosion inhibition of citrus sinensis l.
Citrus sinensis essential oil was administered at 100, 200 and 400. It is a small tree, growing to about 30ft tall, with thorny shoots and evergreen leaves 24in long. Chapter three will focus on propagation and management, especially in topics as natural regeneration, nursery propagation, planting and management. It is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo citrus grandis and tangerine citrus reticulata. The height of orange trees is generally 910 m, with large. Citrus sinensis is the everyday orange that you see in fruit stands and even in your kitchen. The aim of this work was to determine the effectiveness of the essential oils eos of lemon citrus lemon l. Various citrus species have been utilized and domesticated by indigenous cultures in these areas.
Orange refers to a citrus tree citrus sinensis and the fruits of this tree. The fruit is medium in size, obovate in shape, and has a pebbled, dark. Relative ratio of sugar and acid determines the taste of the orange and the aroma is governed by volatile organic compounds like alcohols, ketones, terpenes, esters, etc. Subfunctionalization of the ruby2ruby1 gene cluster during the domestication of citrus. Commercial citrus species belong to the order geraniales, family rutaceae, subfamily aurantoidea and the genus citrus, except for trifoliate oranges poncirus trifoliate and kumquats fortunella spp. An orange is a type of citrus fruit that people often eat. Citrus species contain a wide range of active ingredients and research is still underway in finding uses for them. Citrus sinensis is an evergreen tree growing to 9 m 29ft 6in. Citrus fruits are generally known to have poor shelf life. Pdf presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the effects of essential oils on athletic performances and other physiological effects. Evidencebased complementary and alternative medicine.
The effect of inhalation of citrus sinensis flowers and. S 1010 was submitted to the department of pharmacognosy, university of karachi. Citrus sinensis american journal of research communication. In terms of volume in production, itrusc ranks after banana as the world second fruit crop with more than 108 million tons fao statistics 2006. The origin of sweet orange is somewhat unclear, but it is probably native to southern china and vietnam as the plant has been cultivated in those countries for thousands of years. Orange juice is an important part of many peoples breakfast. Yamuna, noreen anthony department of chemistry, holy cross college autonomous, tiruchirappalli 620002, india abstract. Safety assessment of citrusderived peel oils as used in. Estssr genetic maps for citrus sinensis and poncirus.
It is still not universally agreed to be a distinct species, c. Anjum parveen director, plant conservation center, university of karachi and specimen sample no c. Juice components of a new pigmented citrus hybrid citrus sinensis. Chapter two will focus on biology of the plant including chromosome complement, life cycle and phenology, reproductive biology, and ecophysiology. The name is a combination of or for orange, tan for tangerine, and ique for unique. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Citrus sinensis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Chemistry and pharmacology of citrus sinensis mdpi. At the september 2015 meeting, the panel tabled the draft final report on the 80 citrus fruitderived ingredients in order to.
The consumption of organic foods is growing worldwide at double digit rates. Osbeck or sweet orange originated from south east asia, but is. Alternate evergreen leaves,10m tall after blooming, fruit development takes between 5 and 18 months fruit is a berry. Pdf production of oranges citrus sinensis researchgate.
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