Oranges

A fruit that the orange colour of which radiates vitality and the smell of which you won’t mistake for any other fruit, is actually not an orange but an apple! Its name - Apfelsine - comes from Southern Asia and means “an apple of China”. Chinese consider it the symbol of immortality and luck, but the rest of the world – a generous source of vitamin C. Behind its thick peel it hides many healthy things: phytoncides, it fights the harmful microbes, cellulose and pectines stimulate separation of cholesterol and unneeded metabolic waste from your body, magnesium strengthens your heart and muscles, but panthotenic acid, folic acid and biotin strengthens the health of your skin and hair.

Origin: India, China, Vietnam
Major planters: Brazil, USA, Spain, Italy, France