The difference between tangerine and mandarin is:

1, different varieties

Tangerine: belongs to the basic species, the flower is small, the rind is relatively easy to peel, the seed of the embryo is more, and it is dark green.

Citrus: citrus is actually tangerine and sweet orange and other citrus hybrids, flowers, fruit peeling is not as good as orange peeling, seed embryo is generally light green.

2, the family is different

Tangerine: belongs to the Brassicaceae plant Fukui orange, or Juju orange and other orange ripe fruit. There are many species, including Babu orange, money orange, sweet orange, sour orange, Miyagawa, Xinjin orange, Ojang orange, Wenzhou orange, Sichuan orange and other varieties.

Citrus: belonging to the subfamily of Citrus in the family of Rutaceae, it is a tropical and subtropical evergreen fruit tree, also called mandarin orange.

3, the taste is different

The peel of mandarin is thicker, after peeling the skin, there is a layer of sponge between the skin and the flesh, according to the different varieties, it can be further divided into bitter mandarin and sweet mandarin, the former has a bitter taste, the latter does not have a bitter taste. But no matter what variety of mandarin, it is moderately sweet and sour, and does not have a particularly sour taste.

Oranges have a thin rind, and after peeling the skin, the sponge layer between the rind and the flesh is also very thin, but the surface of the fruit petals will have a lot of white veins, and there are particularly sweet and sour in the taste, but none of them have a bitter flavor.

From the taste, citrus taste sweet and sour moderate, some varieties of citrus will also have a bitter flavor; orange taste is either sweet or sour, no bitter taste.