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Last but not least, bergamot orange (a variety of bitter orange) must be mentioned.
Bergamot Orange [English]: Citrus aurantium bergamia
Bergamot Orange [English]: Citrus bergamia bergamia
Bergamota [Portuguese]: Citrus bergamia bergamia
Bergamota [Portuguese]: Citrus reticulata
Bergamotier [French]: Citrus bergamia bergamia ...
Nombres relacionados: Bergamot orange (inglés), Bigarade (francés), Bigaradier (francés), Bitterorange (alemán), Citrus bigaradia (similar), Citrus vulgaris (sinónimo), El Iranj (Marruecos), Kou-chü (chino), Larango (catalán), ...
From the rind of the bergamot orange is extracted an essential oil used in perfumes and eau de Cologne. Various North American plants of the Labiatae ( family) are also called bergamot because of their bergamotlike fragrance.
This Mint has a very pleasant, aromatic, lemon-like odour, somewhat resembling that of the Bergamot Orange, or that of the Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma), also called Bergamot, and its leaves like those of the latter can be employed in pot pourri.
the "Father of American botany", John Bartram (1699-1777), who discovered Indians and white settlers near Oswego, New York, making tea from the leaves of this American mint. The leaves are said to have a fragrance like that of the bergamot orange ...
Citrus bergamia (Bergamot orange, Family: Rutaceae)
Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima (Pomelo, Pommelo, Pummelo, Family: Rutaceae)
Citrus hystrix (Indonesian lime, Wild lime, Kaffir Lime, Family: Rutaceae)
Citrus limon (Lemon, Family: Rutaceae) ...
 See also: Orange, India, Monarda, Bergamot, Balm
  
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