Description: Botanical drawing of bitter orange
Resource type: image
Source: www.illustratedgarden.org
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: (c) 1995-2006
Format: jpeg; 332KB; 800x1022
Resource identifier: www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/o/orabit11-1.jjpg

Citrus aurantium loisel. Also known as petitgrain. The orange tree is native to China. Today, the main producers of orange essence are Sicily, the West Indies and especially Brazil. The essence is obtained through cold expression of the orange peel and is used in eau de Cologne. Bitter orange was first imported from China into India, Syria and Egypt. The crusaders brought it to the south of France.

Characteristics: sour, zesty, bitter, fresh, green, hesperide (citrus), and floral.

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