In Jamaica many natural crosses of tangerine and orange have been discovered that have been called tangors. The Tangelo is in fact a cross between grapefruit and tangerine while the Nova and the Clemenvilla are the result of a hybridization between tangerine and clementine. It is also the origin of an important offspring. This group, which bears the common name of Tangerina, may increase considerably in view of the many hybridizations currently practiced. Tangerines grown in America as the Dancy Tangerine, in Cape Town as the Maartj, in India as the King of Bombay, are also varieties derived from the mandarin orange by hybridization with the bitter orange. Its peel is orange red and its flavor is acidic.
In our latitudes it is harvested from October to March. Finally, for those who have not retained any of these origins, it is a mandarin cultivar called Citrus Reticulata Tangerina.
For other botanists, it is a separate species, the Citrus Tangerina Tanaka. According to the authors, tangerine is a hybrid between mandarin Citrus Reticulata and bitter orange Citrus Aurantium. Its name comes from the city of Tangier, a Moroccan port from which it was generally exported. The Tangerine Orange, of scientific name Citrus Tangerina, is a citrus whose fruit is very similar to that of the common mandarin.
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