![]() You can find them in stores from November through April. Grown in warm weather climates across the globe, tangerines are a bit more cold-weather tolerant, compared with larger varieties of sweet oranges. However, while all tangerines are mandarins, not all mandarins are tangerines. ![]() ![]() In the United States, tangerines are often called mandarins. They’re named because they were exported by traveling through the port of Tangier in Morocco. Tangerines ( Citrus tangerina) are thought to be native to Southeast Asia ( 3). Tangerines and clementines have a similar appearance, so it’s easy to get them confused or think they’re one and the same. They share many of the same characteristics as other mandarins, such as a smaller size compared with navel oranges, few to no seeds, a sweet flavor, and a thin, soft skin that’s very easy to peel ( 2). They’re the second largest cultivated group of citrus fruit after sweet oranges, which include larger sized varieties like navel and blood oranges ( 1). Tangerines and clementines are both hybrids of the small-sized mandarin.
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