Citrus aurantium (Common names)

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see also bitter orange Citrus sinensis (Common names)

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Names in common use


  • English: sour orange, bitter orange, Sevilla orange
  • German: Pomeranze, Bitterorange
  • Dutch: pomerans, bittere sinaasappel
  • Swedish: pomerans
  • Danish: pomerans
  • Norwegian: pomerans
  • Icelandic:


  • French: oranger, bigaradier / orange amère, bigarade
  • Italian: melangolo, arancio amaro
  • Spanish: naranjo / naranja agria, naranja amarga
  • Catalan: taronger agre / taronja agre (pl. taronges agres)
  • Portuguese: laranja azeda, laranja amarga
  • Romanian: portocalul amar / portocală


  • Russian: померанец
  • Polish: pomarańcza gorzka, pomarańcza kwaśna
  • Czech:
  • Slovak:
  • Bulgarian:
  • Croatian:
  • Serb:
  • Slovenian: grenka pomaranča
  • Macedonian:


  • Latvian:
  • Lithuanian: aitrusis apelsinas
  • Albanian:
  • Greek: νεραντζιά / νεράντζι - nerantzia / nerantzi
  • Turkish: turunç
  • Maltese:
  • Hungarian:
  • Finnish: pomeranssi
  • Estonian: pomerantsipuu, mõruapelsini

Sources and commentaries

  • Note. Most languages do not distinguish sweet and bitter oranges, except for Mediterranean countries where bitter oranges are grown. Orange marmalade only bears the name orange, although it is made with bitter orange.