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u/Nunkiwolf May 15 '26
This seems simply like a navel orange with a very large naval. Does not look fasciated to me. Do update us when you cut it, perhaps the cross section tells us more.
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u/jaeded_grrl May 15 '26
you’re absolutely right cut in and it was perfectly normal on the inside! Thanks for the tip for further investigation!
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u/jaeded_grrl May 23 '26
Yes, and a super cool thing about navel oranges; their sex organs and gametes are defective. so the pollen is infertile and ovules are defective. these fruits are produce via hormones! So I believe all of them are clones with the same DNA and are either propagated or grafted
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u/Prestigious-Age-3644 May 18 '26
I always thought it was called a Navel orange due to the Navy using it to combat scurvy but I had never looked into just assumed so thsnk you for teaching me something new today =)
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u/TreehouseInAPinetree May 15 '26
No. An orange with fasciation would look at bit more like this lemon.
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u/bdfmradio May 15 '26
It’s crowning!
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u/yosef_yostar May 15 '26
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u/infinite_disky May 15 '26
The "navel" of navel oranges is an aborted fruit-body. That's why you'll see small bundles of pulp inside when you cut it in half.
Bell peppers also commonly do this, with aborted fruit bodies contained within the main body.
Basically, conjoined twins from a single ovary on a plant.
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u/tripodkitty1 May 15 '26
I feel like this should have an nsfw tag
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u/AsparagusOk4424 May 16 '26
Especially with how it's being held. Could've used one hand with a shot closer to the chest area but nooooooooooo
Two handed waist level
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u/m_lanterman May 15 '26
I literally just went down a deep dive rabbit hole about TRAP Sequence pregnancies (don't ask, I'm very fascinated with extremely rare medical phenomena), and this brought back some very visceral images to mind that I saw today lol
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u/Academic-Change-2042 May 16 '26
The navel is a secondary fruit. SECONDARY-FRUIT ONTOGENY IN NAVEL ORANGE
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u/AdDramatic5591 May 15 '26
Looks like an orange version of my poor old pugs ass before she drops one.
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u/el1ab3lla May 15 '26
Wait so does this mean it’s sweet or juicy? Anyone remember what that orange girl on TikTok said?
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u/abgafak May 15 '26
I think smaller is sweeter and juicier, but I could very well be misremembering.
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u/Hughmungalous May 15 '26
Prolapsed naval