FACT CHECK · LAND & HISTORY
Claim: Oranges grew in Palestine in 641
FALSETHE ANSWER
Not in 641. The sweet orange reached the Mediterranean only in the late 1400s, brought by Genoese and Portuguese traders. The famous Jaffa orange appeared near Jaffa before 1844.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Orange (fruit); Jaffa orange; UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection
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