Species groupSweet orange
Studied inFrance, Greece
Key compoundVitamin C
Pilot—
A seedless navel, eaten fresh across the region. The Mediterranean's everyday citrus. A good source of vitamin C and of hesperidin, a flavonoid concentrated in the white pith and peel.
Nutraceutical snapshotPeel vs flesh
Nutraceutical profile
What's in the peel and the flesh
PeelFlesh
Data: partners' national citrus gene banks (WP2). Illustrative values until lab results are published.
Open dataA seedless navel, eaten fresh across the region.
[Curated text on the history, local names and traditional uses of Washington Navel, written with partner historians and the France Living Lab.]
Traditional uses
- [Traditional dish or preserve]
- [Festival, market or local custom]
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Species group | Sweet orange |
| Accession held by | INRAE, ELGO |
| Harvest season | [Months] |
| Whole-genome sequence | [Accession ID] |