ʻAila ʻAlani ʻawaʻawa nui -

ʻAila ʻAlani ʻawaʻawa ʻawaʻawa –

ʻO nā hua poepoe a puʻupuʻu o Citrus aurantium var. Hānau ʻia ka amara i ʻōmaʻomaʻo, lilo i melemele a ʻulaʻula hope i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka oʻo. ʻO ka ʻaila koʻikoʻi i hana ʻia ma kēia pae e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻike ʻoi loa o ka ʻili hua i kapa ʻia ʻo Bitter Orange, Red. ʻO kā mākou mea kūlohelohe a he ʻala ʻalani hou me nā memo ʻōmaʻomaʻo palupalu a me ka ʻawaʻawa ʻawaʻawa ma ke ʻano he 'maloʻo' akā ʻoluʻolu nō hoʻi; Hoʻohui ia i kahi leka hoihoi i nā ʻano mea ʻala maoli.

ʻO Bitter Orange, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Seville Orange a me Bigarade, he ʻano citrus paʻa mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ʻōiwi maoli i India a mahi ʻia ma Sepania, Sicily, Morocco, ka hema US a me ka Caribbean - nā ʻāpana like ʻole me nā piʻi like. ʻO Citrus aurantium var. ʻO ka amara kahi hui o Citrus maxima (pomelo) a me Citrus reticulata (mandarin) a ʻo ia ka hua i makemake ʻia no ka mea ʻala maoli. Me Neroli (Orange Blossom) a me Petitgrain Bigarade (Orange Leaf) a me nā aila pono, ʻo Bitter Orange kekahi o nā ʻala koʻikoʻi ʻekolu i loaʻa mai Citrus aurantium var. amara.

ʻO Limonene ka mea nui (a hiki i 95%) ma Citrus aurantium; me nā terpenes citrusy ʻē aʻe, esters, coumarins a me nā oxides, nona ke kuleana no ka ʻala hou, tart, hua ʻala ʻōmaʻomaʻo. E like me ka mea i wehewehe ʻia e Steffen Arctander, ʻo kona ʻala he "hou a ʻawaʻawa naʻe" i ke ʻano o ka 'maloʻo', akā me kahi leo momona a mau loa… ma ka laulā, ʻokoʻa ka ʻala mai nā ʻaila citrus ʻē aʻe. He ʻano ʻokoʻa ia o ka hou, [me] kahi leo pua ʻokoʻa…”1 Ua manaʻo ʻo Ayala Moriel, mea ʻala maoli, ʻo ka ʻaila ʻalani ʻawaʻawa ma ke ʻano he hoaaloha maikaʻi loa o ka pua, me ka "… ʻaʻole like me nā citrus ʻē aʻe. No kona ʻala ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe paha i makemake ʻia ai ka Bitter Orange i nā mea ʻala kiʻekiʻe.