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Where does Ugli fruit come from?

Question
Where does Ugli fruit come from?

Answer

“Ugli” fruit is a trademark for the tangelo, a tropical fruit that is a hybrid between a grapefruit and a tangerine or mandarin orange. Tangelos originated in Jamaica.

[The term “ugly fruit” may refer to other fruit, such as the osage orange (aka hedge apple), or generally to imperfect or blemished produce.]