Bitter orange tree grow and care – tree of the genus citrus also known as Sour orange plant, seville orange or Citrus aurantium, Bitter orange tree perennial evergreen plant, grow for edible fruits, can be used also as ornamental plant and can grow as dwarf tree or bonsai, can grow in tropical, subtropical or mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 9+.
Leaves color green in elliptic shape, the tree has thorns, flowers are white with purple with yellow stamen.
Bitter orange tree fruit
Fruit rind color orange, the rind is edible little bitter also used as flavor and fragrant. The fruit taste is bitter with sour and color is mostly orange, but can yellow. The inner fruit divided by segments, the segment cover with soft thin layer, it containing the pulp (little cones covered with a thinner layer) fruit size ~5-8 cm.