Orange As A Natural Medicine
There are a whole lot of natural medicinal fruits and leaves out there but there isn't one with similar sweetness as the orange. The orange tree is one essential plant to grow in our surrounding.
Orange is a fruit. It belongs to the plant kingdom in the family of Rutacaece.
Rutacaece plants are flowering plant that got strong scents. There are different species of the orange plant but I want to narrow this article to a particular species known as Citrus Sinensis.
Citrus sinensis is otherwise known as sweet orange. Infact it is the most cultivated and consumed fruit in the world.
This article summarizes the physical description of orange plant, cultivating process of oranges and it's major health benefits.
Physical description of orange plant
The orange plant is a fruit tree with orange fruits on it. Oranges are spherical in shape. It contains sweet juice and seeds in a fruit.
An orange fruit may contain up to 10 seeds.
Cultivation of Oranges
Orange plant is cultivated through it seeds. This can be done in a fertile soil. One of the fertile soil is the loamy soil. It aids to fasten up the growth process.
To plant an orange, you just need to plant the seeds into the soil after soaking then in water for some time It takes from seven to thirteen years before an orange tree begins to produce fruits. This is due to the kind of soil it's been planted on. Though the orange plant is one of the most robust type of plant that can even grow on a Sandy soil but it will take longer time to bear fruit.
However, the process of fruit bearing of an orange plant can be achieved when fertilizers is been used in the growth process of the plant.
Health benefits of orange fruit to the body
There are numerous benefits of taking the orange fruit and quite sure after reading through this article, if you have not been a friend to an orange vendor in your street, you may likely get one after reading through.
The following are the health benefits of orange plant.
Source of vitamins to the body
Vitamins are very essential for the body. It serves as the body defense mechanism against attacks such as sicknesses.
Taking orange will aid to strengthen the immune system of your body. The immune system is responsible for providing defense against diseases.
Do you notice something in humans, one can easily adapt to an environmental condition without been sick l whearas the other might fall ill after two days of been in such environment.
It's all a factor of the immune system. The immune system of the person that adapted is way to stronger than that of the person that fell ill.
Aids anti-aging
According to timesofindia.com, orange is a better anti aging cure as it helps to eradicate dead cells on the skin to provide new ones.
Orange helps in keeping the heart healthy
Regular and controlled intake of oranges helps to keep the heart in a balanced condition. Thereby eradicating means to heart diseases. It is recommended for smokers as well.
If you smoke please do yourself some good favor by taking oranges or else you will look worn out and can stand a chance of having heart disease.
Conclusively
This article has been able to provide a brief insight about oranges why we need to cultivate them in our sorrounding and why we have to take them as well.
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