{"id":655,"date":"2024-04-18T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=655"},"modified":"2024-08-27T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:05:09","slug":"orange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Orange (<strong><em>Citrus sinensis<\/em><\/strong>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Oranges grow on\u00a0<em>evergreen<\/em>\u00a0citrus trees that reach a mature size of 30 feet high and 20 feet wide. The branches of many orange trees are thorny. Leaves are\u00a0<em>ovate<\/em>, pointed, and have rather narrow\u00a0<em>petiole<\/em>\u00a0wings. Oranges are about the size of a baseball. Fruit are round or nearly so, yellowish-orange in color, and have a somewhat coarse rind. The flesh is yellowish-orange and sweet. Seeds may be absent, few, or many. Oranges grow throughout Central and South Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/orange_tree.jpg\" alt=\"Orange tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a9 2000, Vic Ramey. University of Florida<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/orange_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf of orange tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Photo by Shirley Denton<\/strong><br><strong>\u00a9 Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008.&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/florida.plantatlas.usf.edu\/Plant.aspx?id=3116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/orange_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Oranges\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>UF\/IFAS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/orange_blossom.jpg\" alt=\"Orange blossom\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a9 2003, Mark Harris.<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridata.com\/ref\/C\/citr_sin.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Floridata.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-655","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3935,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655\/revisions\/3935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}