Oranges

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Scientific Name://Citrus Sinensis// Common Names: orange tree,sweet orange tree Oranges are fruit The flowers of the tree create the fruit Interesting Facts: Orange trees have white flowers Orange colored fruit The trees grow up to 33ft tall Oval leaves The leaves can be up to 3.9 in Pinnate veins Simple leaves Smooth leaves Alternate leaves Taproot Woody stem <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Vascular bundles in a ring inside of the stem
 * 1) <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Oranges are one of the most commonly grown fruits in the world
 * 2) <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Oranges are actually a type of berry because orange trees are a type of evergreen tree
 * 3) <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Oranges are a hybrid of tangerines and chinese grapefruit,you cannot find an orange tree in the wild
 * 4) <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The only word that rhymes with orange is sporange
 * 5) <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">In England oranges used to be a sign of wealth

<span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The flowers have a sweet fragrance <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The flowers have 5 petals <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Orange trees are dicots <span style="color: #ff9800; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Orange trees can live to be 150 years old