

Probably best known are those mandarin oranges which are referred to as gyul (귤), gamgyul (감귤) or milgam (밀감). In addition to that, there’s a brief overview of those five popular varieties of mandarin oranges at the bottom of this post! 👇👇👇

❕🧐❗️ Make sure you check out the videos, which show the process of peeling certain types of mandarin oranges, and you will quickly spot differences in shape, size, color, skin, texture and other characteristics! 🎦 The videos are played at double speed! ⏩ Likewise, there are several varieties of mandarin oranges in Korea and they all have individual names: Gyul, Hallabong, Cheonhyehyang, Redeuhyang and Hwanggeumhyang are the most common ones! To bring some clarity into the diverse citrus fruits available in Korea, you can find individual descriptions of certain cultivars here. In fact, the taxonomy of citrus fruit is a much debated topic. The scientific name that is generally applied to mandarins is Citrus reticulata, but there are numerous varieties and hybrids, of which some have a separate species name. What are the differences between tangerines, mandarins, mandarin oranges and clementines? ❔🤔❓ Their names are often used interchangeably in English language, and on first sight, they are also easily confused… Botanically, however, they are different individuals from the family of citrus fruits! While mandarins (also “mandarines”) and mandarin oranges refer essentially to the same fruit, clementines and tangerines grow on other kinds of citrus trees! Still, clementines and tangerines can be considered as varieties of mandarin oranges.

What is the difference between mandarins in Korea? How do you distinguish mandarin oranges? Oranges and Cheonhyehyang sold at a supermarket.
