# Wild orange

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**Wild orange** is a common name for several [plants](/source/Plant) bearing fruit reminiscent of [oranges](/source/Orange_(fruit)). They are not necessarily related to family [Rutaceae](/source/Rutaceae) (which contains true oranges). Plants called **wild orange** include:

- *[Capparis canescens](/source/Capparis_canescens)* - family Capparaceae, from Australia
- *[Capparis mitchellii](/source/Capparis_mitchellii)* - family Capparaceae, from Australia
- Several uncultivated *[Citrus](/source/Citrus)* species (family Rutaceae), particularly *[Citrus macroptera](/source/Citrus_macroptera)*, from Malesia and Melanesia

## See also

- [Osage orange](/source/Osage_orange) (*Maclura pomifera*), native to the south-western United States

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