Again came to a large number of tangerines on the market in the season, whether it is the street end of the fruit stalls, or supermarkets in the fruit shelves, tangerines have dominated the most conspicuous position. This season's oranges, cheap, thin skin and sweet meat, very tasty.
The healing orange-yellow color unique to oranges allows people to feel a hint of warmth brought by the color in the cold winter.
When buying oranges, I believe that many friends will find that there is a fruit that looks very similar to oranges, but the name is "tangerine". It looks almost the same two fruits, citrus and orange in the end the difference between where? Today, the lazy meow will talk to you about this topic.
Different varieties
Citrus
Citrus is the mature fruit of citrus plants, as well as hybrids of oranges and other citrus plants.
According to relevant historical records, as early as 4,000 years ago, mandarin has been a tribute to the ancient people, and our country is the center of origin of citrus fruit trees in the world.
Tangerine, on the other hand, is the ripe fruit of the orange plant, and citrus belongs to the same family of plants in the broader scope of the Brassicaceae.
Li Shizhen, in his book Compendium of Materia Medica, has documented the difference between mandarin and tangerine, "tangerine is small, its petals taste slightly vinegary, its skin is thin and red, pungent and bitter; mandarin is larger than tangerine, its petals taste vinegary, its skin is a little thicker and yellow, the leaves are pungent and sweet".
From the varieties, mandarin belongs to hybrid varieties, is the mature fruit of citrus plants; tangerine is the mature fruit of orange plants.
Different appearance
Tangerine
Tangerine's head is larger, the shape of the spherical, yellow skin, feel the skin is very thick, and can be felt between the skin and pulp next to the not tightly solid, the texture of the pulp between the looser;
Tangerine's head according to the different varieties of large and small, but most of them are smaller than mandarin orange, the shape of the oblate shape, the skin of the yellow red, darker than the mandarin, and the skin is yellow, the color is a little bit darker than the orange. The color is darker than mandarin, the skin is thinner to the touch and easy to peel, and you can feel the skin and flesh next to each other.
From the appearance, the citrus head is large, the skin is thicker; orange head is smaller than the citrus, the skin is thinner, very good peeling.
The taste is different
The peel of mandarin is thicker, and after peeling the skin, there is a spongy layer between the skin and the flesh. Depending on the variety, it can be further divided into bitter mandarin and sweet mandarin, with the former having a bitter taste and the latter having no bitter taste.
But no matter what variety of mandarin, it is moderately sweet and sour, and does not have a particularly sour taste.
The peel of the orange is thin, and after peeling the skin, the spongy layer between the skin 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 point of view, citrus taste sweet and sour moderate, some varieties of citrus will also have a bitter flavor; orange taste is either sweet or sour, there is no bitter taste.
Conclusion
Through the above comparison, I believe you have a clear idea of the difference between mandarin and orange. The difference between them mainly focuses on 3 aspects, which are different varieties, different appearance and different taste.
As for whether to buy mandarin or tangerine, there is no standard answer, or to pick according to your taste needs and the actual situation. Next time in the encounter citrus and orange, we will not be confused.