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Tangelo

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Tree with fruit
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A single fruit

A Tangelo is a citrus fruit hybrid. Usually, one parent is a Mandarin orange and the other is a grapefruit. The fruit tastes mainly sweet and slightly sour. Tangelo fruits have a soft skin. They can grow to about 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in diameter.


Minneola is a variety of tangelo that was first grown commercially in Florida in 1931.