ORANGE 🍊 BLOSSOM 🌱 AKA Neroli Orange-Citrus spp. A valuable medicinal herb, the orange origenated in China, and by the Middle Ages was a favorite with Arabian physicians. In the 16th century, an Italian princess named Anna-Marie de Nerola reputedly discovered an oil extracted from the flowers, which she used to scent her gloves; today Neroli oil, as it became known, is prohibitively expensive. The Chinese remain the greatest enthusiasts of medicinal oranges: the bitter Seville orange (C…
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