The Bang Mot tangerine (Thai: ส้มบางมด, rtgs: som Bang Mot, pronounced [sôm bāːŋ mót]) is a local cultivar of the mandarin orange grown in the Bang Mot area of Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand. Despite its common name, it is a mandarin orange of the species Citrus reticulata and not a tangerine (Citrus tangerina). Bang Mot tangerine was first planted in 1855–1886 by the Chinese, a local farmer planted cuttings at Bang Mot, Thung Khru District near Bang Mot canal in 1924. This area has very fertile soil with elev,ted levels of potassium giving the fruit a sweet-sour taste. There were up to 96 square kilometres of tangerine groves in the past.