We Finally Know Where Oranges and Lemons Come From

Image credit: Biwa Studio / Getty Images. Article by Jack Tamisiea. Scientific American – October 11, 2023.

Tart citrus fruits vary from olive-sized kumquats to four-pound pomelos. Most are round, but some, such as the finger lime, are elongated like sausages. Others, such as the Buddha’s hand, grow in weirdly gnarled segments. “Citrus is fascinating,” says Gayle Volk, a plant physiologist at […]

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