Bitter orange
ಹೇರಳೆಕಾಯಿநரந்தம்చేదునారింజ
Citrus × aurantium L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.0 m
- wide
- 3.2 m
Rutaceae
Also called Sour orange
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (28 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from S. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 4.0 m to 8.0 mRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 2.5 m to 4.0 mRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -5 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Pomeranze, Bitterorange
- Chinese
- 橙, 橙皮, 酸橙
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pomerans
- Asturian
- naranxal amarga
- Catalan
- Taronger agre
- Chamorro
- Kahet
- Greek
- Νερατζιά
- Esperanto
- Bigaradujo
- Finnish
- hapanappelsiini, Pomeranssi
- French
- Bigaradier
- Dutch
- Zure sinaasappel
- Polish
- Pomarańcza gorzka
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Citrus × aurantium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.