Ju is pronounced jú, and its original meaning refers to an orange tree. The common writing for orange is 攔 (jú). In some dialects of Guangdong, the two characters have the same pronunciation. Jue was also used as the second simplified character for 桔. . In the Hokkien language, orange is called ganzi. In various dialects of the southwest Mandarin area, it is called Ganzi or Ganer. "Citrus" includes tangerines, oranges, pomelos, etc.
Mandarin oranges are larger than tangerines, their petals are tangy, their skin is slightly thick and yellow, and their leaves are pungent and sweet. "Generally speaking, tangerine fruit is round in shape, yellow-red, with tight skin and fine lines that are difficult to peel, and is juicy and sweet; tangerine fruit is oblate in shape, red or yellow, with thin and smooth skin that is easy to peel, and has a slightly sweet and sour taste. Although there is a difference between tangerine and tangerine, they are often used interchangeably in daily language. For example, guanggan is also called tangerine, and tangerine is also called tangerine.
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Introduction to tangerine types
1. Tiantai Mountain Mandarin Oranges
Taishan Mountain Mandarin Oranges are mainly produced in Huangyan, Linhai, Sanmen, Jiaojiang, Wenling and other counties (cities), among which Huangyan City has the largest output and the best quality. It belongs to the wide-skinned tangerine category. The fruit is oblate and plump, with radial grooves on the pedicle. It is dark orange-yellow and shiny, with often wart-like protrusions on the top and dense and protruding oil cells.
2. Australian finger orange
It is a citrus plant in the Rutaceae family. The plant is short. The average height of the 11-year-old tree is 1 meter, the minimum is 0.36 meters, the crown is average 0.63 meters × 0.63 meters, the branches are densely detailed, and have fine hairs. , the young leaves are purple-red, have many and small thorns, and the leaves are small, 0.87 cm long and 0.5 cm wide. They bloom multiple times a year, and the flower buds are small, white, and slightly purple.
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