
What is Clementine?Ĭlementine is a seedless cross-breed fruit of sweet orange and willow-leaf mandarin orange.
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The health benefits of mandarin include a lower risk of cancer, act as an antioxidant, resolve cholesterol problems, maintains blood pressure, reduce weight, improve the immune system, and skin health. They benefit from vitamin A in the form of compounds called carotenoids. The amount of Vitamin C IN mandarin is 20 mg (23 percent daily value). Low concentration of protein, fat, vitamin E and vitamin B6 are present in mandarin. During the celebration, people exchange them as gifts and display for decoration.

Mandarines are symbolized in Chinese New Year for wealthy and good fate. The dry peel of mandarine has a usage in classic Chinese medicine for the treatment of abdominal diseases, reduction of mucus (phlegm), increasing the digestion, and in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. The trees of mandarin can tolerate a shortage of water more than the fruit. A mandarin has firmed to moderately soft pebbly skin. The harvesting season of mandarins is winter. The essential oils in the peel of mandarine have applications in the perfume industry and skincare products. Fresh, dried or zested peels of mandarine are mostly used in candies, baking, drinks, as spices. They look like an ordinary orange shape-wise but have a smaller size and thin skin. The trees of mandarins are short, evergreen woody plants and have originated in Asia, China forests. It is associated with the family ‘Rutaceae.’ It has a sweeter taste than oranges. Mandarin is a small, oblate, citrus fruit that has loose yellow-orange skin. A mandarin provides 12 micrograms of vitamin B while clementine has 18 micrograms. Mandarin contains less amount of vitamin B than a clementine. Mandarins benefit from vitamin A in the form of compounds called carotenoids, whereas clementines do not contain vitamin A content. A mandarin gives almost 20 milligrams or 23 percent daily value of vitamin C while a clementine gives 36 milligrams or 40 percent. Mandarins have a richer supply of vitamin C than a clementine. The mandarin is easy to peel off because of looser and thinner skin while the skin of clementine is smoother, shinier, and red-orange. Taste of mandarin is sweeter than oranges, but clementine has a super sweet taste. Mandarin is mostly grown in China whereas Clementine in Spain, Algeria, Italy, Turkey and, Morocco. Mandarins are smaller and oblate rather than spherical whereas clementine is smallest and round than oranges. The scientific name of mandarin is Citrus reticulata, and clementine is Citrus × clementine. Clementine is a cross-breed fruit of sweet orange and willow-leaf mandarin orange. Mandarin is a small, flat, citrus fruit with thin yellow to orange peel. It is the smallest, round fruit that is a cross-breed of sweet orange and mandarin willow-leaf orange. It is citrus, somewhat flat, small fruit that has loose yellow to orange skin. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China Comparison Chart Mandarin
