Tangerine

Tangerines are a variety of mandarin orange, Citrus tangerina, named for the Moroccan port city of Tangier, through which the fruit was historically shipped to Europe and the United States. Compared to the common orange, tangerines are smaller, with a looser, easier to peel skin and a deeper reddish orange color, and they are typically sweeter and less acidic. Eaten primarily fresh out of hand, tangerines are also juiced and used in candies, baked goods and sauces, and remain one of the most widely grown mandarin types worldwide.