Oranges and oranges are the same fruit. It's just that different regions say or write differently. In northern China, people are used to writing oranges, while in southern China, people are used to writing oranges.

Oranges originated in China, and thousands of years of cultivation history can't tell the specific location. Because Arabs are all over Eurasia, oranges are also called "China apples" in Holland and Germany. China is one of the important origins of citrus, which is rich in citrus resources and has a variety of excellent varieties. It has been cultivated for more than 4,000 years.

According to textual research, it was not until A.D. 147 1 year that oranges, tangerines, oranges and other citrus fruit trees were introduced into Portugal from China and into the United States in A.D. 1665. Shimen County, Hunan Province has a long history of planting citrus. As early as more than two thousand years ago, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan wrote a famous poem Ode to an Orange in his hometown.

distribution range

Citrus in the world is mainly distributed in the area south of 35 north latitude, which is warm and humid, and the area with warmer water body can be pushed northward to 45 north latitude. Citrus is produced in 135 countries in the world, with an annual output of102822 million tons and an area of 1073 million mu, ranking first among the hundred fruits. Brazil ranks first with 24.2526 million tons, the United States ranks second with16.3352 million tons, and China ranks third with10 million tons.