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Orange Teardown

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Now that we've removed the rind, let's take a brief scientific look at the make-up of the Orange in the first ever segment of Fruit Science with iFixit!

Oranges and other citrus fruits are of the order Hesperidium—a kind of berry with a tough, leathery rind.

The three important layers of such fruits are the exocarp (rind), mesocarp (pith), and endocarp (the delicious edible part).

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