- Oranges are the primary source of vitamin C for the majority of North s. But is there any fruit taken more for granted than the noble orange? - Did you know, for example, that a variation of the word orange first appeared in Sanskrit, the world's oldest written language? It's true. The location of the orange's physical origin, however, is up for grabs. China, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Malaysia all claim that the fruit originated within their borders. - What we do know is that oranges arrived i