First cultivated at the southern foot of the Himalayas, oranges were introduced to Taiwan in the Ching dynasty by immigrants from Fukien and Kwangtung provinces about a century ago.
四合院前的廣場上曬著一堆堆橙黃色的柑橘皮，是中南部鄉下常見的景觀。柑橘在本島的栽培柑橘又分為桶柑和椪柑，原產於喜馬拉雅山南麓的東南亞地區，清代隨閩粵移民由華南引入台灣，至今已有百年以上的歷史。