Orange is one of the fruits of the citrus species. It is also a hybrid between pomelo and mandarin and originated in a region of Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar. It is said that orange got its name from its color but the first oranges aren’t orange! The word orange got its name from the Dravidian word naradam/naraja meaning fragrant. History says that the fruit went to Europe by Italian Traders and Portuguese navigators by 1500. It is also said oranges were traded by the Arabs and spread throughout the world from Spain.
No, the first oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid in green color. Even today oranges in warmer regions like Vietnam and Thailand are green even after ripening.
There are many names for oranges and it is still debated “how the fruit got its name.” It was called yellow-red, red-yellow, or simply red before it was named orange. Orange entered the “late middle English” in fourteen century from the old french word “orenge”, later the ‘n’ in the word was dropped off. It was also called Apfelsine in German, and Sinaasappel in Dutch. The color “orange” didn’t have a name until the fruit orange was widely available in the market. In the 13th-century Anglo-Norman manuscript, the fruit is mentioned as “pume orange” -the word is mentioned not for its color but the bitterness of the skin.
Just like its name, the origin of oranges has several stories. But Research says that oranges were discovered in Asia. It was cultivated in India for at least 7,000 years ago and 2,500 BCE in China.
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