The Wild orange (Capparis mitchellii) also known as native orange or wild pomegranate is one of the traditional Australian fruits. It started to be used by indigenous Australians long before European arrival. The Wild orange is a small compact tree about 3.5m high with dark green, somewhat leathery leaves.
Wild Orange Citrus sinensis
With multiple health benefits from internal use and an uplifting, energizing aroma when used aromatically, Wild Orange oil has become one of doTERRA’s top selling essential oils.
Why Brazil and Greece?
Greece and the south of Brazil have the perfect climates for citrus growing. They’re ideal for growing some of the finest quality citrus fruit, and consequently, producing high quality citrus essential oils.
Go Behind The Bottle
Meet Enzo, whose family has been producing citrus essential oils for nearly 150 years. Learn about his story, the stories of our small-scale orange growers in the South of Brazil, and the story of why they choose to help produce pure Wild Orange essential oil.
Meet the people behind every bottle of doTERRA Wild Orange
The Distillation Process
Citrus oils are typically produced in conjunction with a juicing operation where the essential oils are expressed from the rinds and the juice is pressed from the whole fruit, so it is with Wild Orange. The oil is cold-pressed from the rind.
Harvesting of Oranges for Wild Orange essential oil
Impact Stories: Generating Jobs and Sustaining Long-Term Partnerships
We are proud to support hundreds of small-scale farmers who grow the oranges for our Wild Orange oil, and value maintaining the long-term partnerships we’ve developed with producers in southern Brazil.
In June of 2020, a school in southern Brazil that the children of many of our citrus farmers attend was destroyed by a fire from unknown causes. That in addition to the economic struggle of COVID, began to put a lot of strain on this community. Community members were still motivated to raise funds for reconstruction, but after months of doing so, they were still short and were worried the school wouldn’t be ready for the new school year starting January 2021. The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation supported the community with the remaining funds needed to fully finance the reconstruction. The reconstruction was completed, and students returned for their new school year in January 2021.
The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation supported the community with the remaining funds needed to fully finance the reconstruction of the school.
In December 2021, Healing Hands provided funding to a municipal school in southern Brazil to install a small but adequate kitchen and cafeteria building, which provides a separate, comfortable, and sanitary place for eating. The cafeteria also frees up the currently used classroom and allows for grades 6-9 to be offered in 2023, offering many children in the area better access to secondary school and an opportunity to finish secondary school. The community also carried out fundraising activities for this project and raised enough funds for the furniture and kitchenware needed for the cafeteria. This school is in the same city where doTERRA’s strategic sourcing partner is based. This is the most disadvantaged and resource-poor school in the city. 173 children from 500 families attend this school where they receive a meal, usually the only meal they will eat all day due to economic hardship, in a makeshift cafeteria in one of the classrooms. The school offers grades 1-5, with the closest school that offers grades 6-9 being 3.5 miles away which poses transportation challenges for the children. This project provides critical educational and nutritional resources for low-income children.
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FAQ
Do wild oranges exist?
Are wild oranges good to eat?
What did wild oranges look like?
Is An orange a fruit or a Vegetable?
Is a sweet orange a wild fruit?
The sweet orange is not a wild fruit, having arisen in domestication from a cross between a non-pure mandarin orange and a hybrid pomelo that had a substantial mandarin component. Since its chloroplast DNA is that of pomelo, it was likely the hybrid pomelo, perhaps a BC1 pomelo backcross, that was the maternal parent of the first orange.
What are oranges for?
Oranges are a healthy citrus fruit that are most notably recognized for their high levels of Vitamin C, which is takes a pivotal role in the development and repair of skin tissue. Oranges are low in fat and calories, and just one can provide you with one-hundred percent of the daily suggested value of vitamin C. They also contain fiber and potassium for heart heath and blood sugar support.
What is a wild orange?
Widespread in western New South Wales, the wild orange is an Australian indigenous plant which falls into the category of tasty bush tucker food. Long before European arrival, native Australians made use of the fruit on a regular basis.
What type of fruit is an orange?
An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange ); it primarily refers to Citrus × sinensis, which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related Citrus × aurantium, referred to as bitter orange .