I-tangerine sisiqhamo esi-orenji esingqukuva. Njengeorenji, ilamuni, kunye negrapefruit, yeyosapho lwesitrasi. Isiqhamo sikhula kwimithi ye-tangerine. Le mithi ayinde kakhulu. Zithwala amagqabi aluhlaza unyaka wonke kwaye zikhula kakuhle kwimozulu eshushu.
I-tangerine ekuqaleni ivela eTshayina. Kubantu baseYurophu ababesiya eTshayina kwiinkulungwane ezininzi ezadlulayo, isiMandarin yayiligosa loMlawuli waseTshayina. Emva kwala magosa, ekugqibeleni esi siqhamo sathiywa eYurophu.
Ngoku unokufumana i-hybrids yee-tangerines kunye neeorenji. Ezi ke zibizwa ngokuba zii-clementines. Banesikhumba esityebileyo, i-hump encinci, kunye nembewu encinci. Xa i-clementine ivela eJapan, ibizwa ngokuba yi-satsuma.
Njengeziqhamo ezininzi zesitrasi, iimandarin zivela kumazwe asezantsi aseYurophu kwiMeditera. Apho zivunwa ekwindla. Zinencasa eswiti kuneelamuni. I-tangerine peel inokususwa ngokulula. Ngaphakathi, isiqhamo siqukethe amaqhekeza amancinci alula ukuwahlula kwaye atye ngabanye.
IiMandarin zithandwa kakhulu ngexesha le-Advent. Malunga ne-6 kaDisemba, uSanta Claus ukwanika iitangerines njengezipho, kunye namandongomane kunye ne-gingerbread.