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Citrus aurantifolia
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Citrus aurantifolia (Christm. & Panz.) Swingle, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 465. 1913 & in Citrus Indust. 1: 374. 1967; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 278. 1997; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 589. 2005.
Limonia aurantifolia Christm. & Panz., Pflanzensyst. 1: 618. 1777.
Citrus acida Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 390. 1832.
Citrus medica L. var. acida (Roxb.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 515. 1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Erumichinarakam, Cherunaregam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bitter orange, Bigarade, Country lime, Key lime, Mexican Lime, Seville orange, Sour lime, Sour orange, West Indian lime
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Description:
Shrub or bushy tree, to 3 m high; branchlets slender with sharp spines. Petioles narrowly winged; leaflets ovate-oblong, rounded at base, crenate at margin, acute at apex. Inflorescences lax axillary racemes, 2-7 flowered, rarely flower solitary. Flowers bisexual, 20-25 cm across, whitish. Calyx cupular, greenish white; lobes 4, deltoid, glandular. Petals 4, oblong, glandular, white. Stamens 20-28; filaments polyadelphous, white; anthers oblong, yellowish. Ovary globose-depressed, greenish; style cylindric, white; stigma capitate. Fruits oblong, 4-6.5 x 3.5-5 cm, pitted, glandular, shining, green; seeds ovoid.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur, Kollam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Malesia; cultivated in India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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