Clementine

Citrus clementina

fruit

A citrus hybrid of a mandarin and an orange, easy to peel; 49 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, with pectin and beta-cryptoxanthin.

Origin

Algeria (around 1900)

Season (United States)

November to February · grows in your region

Preparation

The white pith and threads are eaten: they carry fiber and hesperidin. The zest too, from an organic or untreated fruit; the pips are harmless, just bitter.

Molecules

Pectins · Flavanones · Beta-cryptoxanthin · Vitamin CIn small amounts, not counted Limonene

Did you know?

It owes its name to Brother Clément, head of the nurseries of an agricultural orphanage near Oran, where the botanist Trabut noticed it in 1892.