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Citrus fruit are fruit that have the edible part divided into sections.

Examples of a citrus fruit are Grapefruit, Orange, Tangerine, Clementine, Lemon, Lime. Some of the more uncommonly available citrus fruits are Pomelo, Kumquat, Ugli and Satsuma.

This does not list all of them.

Citrus fruit are various edible fruit, peel and juice. They provide vital flavourings in food and drink and are a rich source of vitamin c. In fact our most important source of vitamin C next after the Potato. (Potato does not contain a lot of vitamin C but is in many countries considered the most important source because a lot of people eat this every day. Vitamin C is not an important factor in deep fried potatoes as the strong heat destroy the vitamin.

Citrus fruits can be used to help sooth sore throats, coughs and colds, also the oil from citrus fruits peels, leaves and shoots are used to make cosmetics, perfume and aromatherapy oils. Soap is made from citrus fruits seed oils.

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