Mandarin

Citrus reticulata

fruit

A small winter citrus with a thin skin that peels by hand, from southern China, where wild mandarin trees still grow. It provides vitamin C, flavanones and beta-cryptoxanthin.

Origin

Southern China

Season (United States)

November to February · grows in your region

Preparation

The white threads are eaten; the zest too, from an organic or untreated fruit; the many pips are spat out.

Molecules

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

Did you know?

The mandarin is one of the four ancestral citrus: the orange, the bitter orange and many other citrus are its hybrids.