Citrus medica L.

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
    (CITRUS FAMILY OR RUE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
  • Species : Citrus medica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Citrus medica L.
  • Common name : Citron
  • Vernacular name : Bara nimbu, Bijuara, Turani (Hin.); Madalaphala (Kan.); Kattu naarthai (Tam.); Lungamu (Tel.); Jambira, Limbu (Ori.); Karuna, Mahalunga (San.)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : In Eastern Ghats along streams. Cultivated for its edible fruits. Fruits are pickled and known to have good medicinal properties.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : Tropics of World
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Citrus medica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

Description

Line Drawings

Field Images

Comments

All fields are required






 
Creative Commons License
Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in.