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    Sweet orange is a cultivated tree less than 15 ft high that produces an essential oil through cold expression of its fruit rinds. The oil has a greenish orange color and thin consistency with a citrus sweet scent reminiscent of orange peel. It is composed primarily of monoterpenes, with smaller amounts of aldehydes and monoterpenols. Sweet orange oil has antidepressant, antibacterial, antispasmodic, digestive, and lymphatic properties and is generally recognized as safe, though oxidized oil may cause skin irritation.

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    Sweet orange is a cultivated tree less than 15 ft high that produces an essential oil through cold expression of its fruit rinds. The oil has a greenish orange color and thin consistency with a citrus sweet scent reminiscent of orange peel. It is composed primarily of monoterpenes, with smaller amounts of aldehydes and monoterpenols. Sweet orange oil has antidepressant, antibacterial, antispasmodic, digestive, and lymphatic properties and is generally recognized as safe, though oxidized oil may cause skin irritation.

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    Sweet Orange Monograph

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    Kat Aquino Eullo
    Sweet orange is a cultivated tree less than 15 ft high that produces an essential oil through cold expression of its fruit rinds. The oil has a greenish orange color and thin consistency with a citrus sweet scent reminiscent of orange peel. It is composed primarily of monoterpenes, with smaller amounts of aldehydes and monoterpenols. Sweet orange oil has antidepressant, antibacterial, antispasmodic, digestive, and lymphatic properties and is generally recognized as safe, though oxidized oil may cause skin irritation.

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    Sweet Orange Monograph

    Sweet Orange

    Botanical Name
    Citrus sinensis

    Synonyms
    Orange oil, Citrus aurantium var. dulcis, C. vulgaris

    Botanical Family
    Rutaceae

    Method of Extraction
    Cold expressed from fruit rinds

    Characteristics
    Greenish orange color, thin consistency, citrus sweet scent reminiscent of orange peel

    Description & Area Grown


    Cultivated tree generally less than 15 ft high with smooth grey-brown bark and glossy dark
    green leaves. Most essential oil is produced from Israel, Brazil, North America and Australia.

    Main Chemical Constituents


    Monoterpenes 95-98%
    Aldehydes 1.2-2.5%
    Monoterpenols 0-0.5-%

    Main Therapeutic Properties


    Antidepressant, antibacterial, antispasmodic, digestive, lymphatic stimulant, sedative

    Safety Considerations
    Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing; oxidized oil increases risk of skin irritation

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