Fruits name starts with the letter " U "

Ugli fruit

This is a fruit of many names - Uniq Fruit, Unique Fruit, and Ugli Fruit.

Ugli fruits are also called “ Exotic tangelos ”.

In Jamaicathey pronounce it as “hugli” or “hoo-glee” and worldwide the fruit is called “uh-glee.”

This is a Jamaican citrus fruit that was created by hybridizing a grapefruit with a tangerine. Its name derives from the unsightly appearance of its rough, wrinkled, greenish-yellow skin that is loosely wrapped around an orange pulpy citrus fruit inside. The green surface blemishes turn orange or yellow when the fruit is ripe.  Ugli fruits are larger than grapefruits and they have fewer seeds. Ugli fruits are also called “exotic tangelos”.

UGLI is the registered trade mark under which Cabel Hall Citrus Ltd.  Headquartered in George Town, Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands, markets its brand of tangelos from Jamaica. This tangelo is a variety of citrus fruit grown exclusively in Jamaica and exported by Trout Hall Ltd. to markets all over the world. It was discovered growing wild in Jamaicaover 80 years ago and has been developed by the family of the owners of Trout Hall Ltd. into the commercial variety now in production. The original tree is believed to have been a hybrid formed from the Seville orange, the grapefruit and the tangerine (mandarin) families. Since 1924 when it was first discovered several improved scions have been used by Trout Hall Ltd. to produce the current variety which is so popular.

The fruit is large, ranging in diameter from 10 cm to 15 cm.   The colour varies from green to greenish-yellow, to yellow, and some even orange. It is widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits which have tough aromatic rinds. The taste is more likely to be a lemon-tangerine hybrid.

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