- 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 IPNI) : Citrus × limon (L.) Osbeck
- Common name : Lemon, Lime, Rough lemon
- Vernacular name :
- Bara nimbu, Jambira, Pahari nimbu, Jamiri nimbu (Hindi)
- Malai Elumichai, Kolumichai (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 : November-September
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Cultivated
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Cultivated
- World Distribution : Albania, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bermuda, Borneo, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Korea, Laos, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Citrus limon. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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