What is the relationship between a tangerine, a clementine, and a mandarine orange?
Many foods have specific names that can only legally be called by that name. For instance, Mandarin Oranges are specific to the Mandarin region of Asia. Clementines are the same fruit grown in other regions in the world, and cannot be called Mandarin because they are not grown there. Tangerines are in the Mandarin family but get the name Tangerine because the color of the flesh has a redder tint than the Mandarin or Clementine. There are other types of Mandarin Oranges that go by names other than these three. I can’t remember their names off the top of my head, but I think there are 2 or 3 other types. Technically, Mandarins are not oranges, but do resemble oranges.
