Navel Orange

Citrus sinensis

  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Navel Orange
  • Flower name
    Navel Orange
  • Scientific name
    Citrus sinensis
  • AliasNavel Orange, オレンジ, Citrus sinensis
  • Place of originAssam, India
  • Place of floweringOrchard
  • Flowering seasonMay

What is Navel Orange

Navel Orange (scientific name: Citrus sinensis) is a kind of evergreen small tree and its fruit "Orange", which is a citrus orange. An early sweet varieties of sweet oranges with a strong sweetness Speaking of oranges, Valencia orange . The origin of the name is that there is a navel-like dent on the top of the fruit. Although it is mostly from California, it is also produced in Japan.

■ Type of sweet orange
Valencia Orange-strong acidity
Navel Orange-not as strong as Valencia

Generic name: Navel Orange, Scientific name: Citrus sinensis, Origin: Assam, India, Import to Japan: California (USA) ), Domestic production areas: Hiroshima, Wakayama, Shizuoka, aka: Orange, sweet orange, umbilical orange, life type: evergreen small Takagi, tree height: 150-300 cm, flowering period: May, flower color: white, flower Diameter: 3 cm, Skin / Fruit color: Orange, Harvest period: October to July, Flesh quality: Sweet, sour and fragrant, soup, How to eat: Raw food, juice, orange peel, boiled duck orange, curacao Raw materials.


  • Order
    Sapindales
  • Family
    Rutaceae
  • Genus
    Citrus
  • Species
    C. sinensis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeevergreen small tree and its fruit
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorOrange
  • Height150.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 3.0 cm

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