Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f.

 
  • Family : RUTACEAE
    (Rue Or Citrus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : RUTACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck
  • Common name : Lemon, Lime, Rough lemon
  • Vernacular name : Bara nimbu, Jambira, Pahari nimbu, Jamiri nimbu (Hindi); Malai Elumichai (Tamil); Nimma (Telugu); Jambirah (Sanskrit); Kadu limbe, Gaja limbe (Kannada); Cherunaregam, Ilumbichinaregam, Oduchukuthinaregam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its fruits.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-September
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Cultivated
  • Native : Southeast Asia
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Citrus limon. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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