Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)

Family: Rutaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Early winter, Late spring, Late winter, Mid spring, Mid winter. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet and delicious. — Sweet and delicious.; The juice is often extracted from the fruit and sold as a refreshing and healthy drink or used in jellies, ice cream etc.; The rind of the fruit is often used as a flavouring in cakes etc or made into marmalade.; Flowers - cooked as a vegetable or made into a tea.

Habitat & North American Range

Original habitat is obscure, possibly an introgressed hybrid of C. maxima x C. reticulata. (Zone 9)