The sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) was introduced to Europe by the fifteenth or sixteenth century.

Orange applies primarily to the sweet orange - Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck.

The fruit of the Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from that of the Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange.

Wats., family Poaceae], and sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck, family Rutaceae) flowers.

The Citrus sinensis is subdivided into four classes with distinct characteristics: common oranges, blood or pigmented oranges, navel oranges and acidless oranges.

Besides, the other famous agricultural produce of Kodagu is Kodagu Oranges (Citrus sinensis) known for its distinctive taste and shrunken nature.

The edible fruit closely resembles that of the orange (Citrus sinensis), but it is much smaller and ovular, being approximately the size and shape of a large olive.

One ancestor of the grapefruit was the Jamaican sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), itself an ancient hybrid of Asian origin; the other was the Indonesian pomelo (C. maxima).

All grapefruits, which bear the whoop-de-do botanical name Citrus paradisi, stem from a natural cross between a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) and a pomelo (Citrus grandis), an aromatic, low-acid fruit with many segments.

The larvae are considered a pest for flowers and fruit of a wide variety of agricultural plants and fruit trees, including Citrus sinensis, Persea americana, Macadamia integrifolia, Litchi chinensis, Vitis vinifera and Morus species.