Ugli fruit is a tangerine-grapefruit hybrid
The Ugli fruit, a Jamaican tangelo, is a natural hybrid of tangerine and grapefruit, offering a juicy, sweet-tart flavor despite its lumpy, unappealing exterior.
The Ugli fruit, also known as the Jamaican tangelo, is a unique citrus hybrid. Discovered growing wild in Jamaica around 1917, it naturally crossed a tangerine with a grapefruit. Its name, trademarked in 1932, comes from its wrinkled, greenish-yellow skin, which resembles a lumpy potato.
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