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Citrus maxima
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Citrus maxima (Burm.f.) Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 46. 1917; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 591. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 200. 2009.
Aurantium maximum Burm.f., Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 16. 1755.
Citrus grandis Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind Resa 98. 1757; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 157. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Babloos, Bablimoos, Kambilinaranga
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bamblimoos, Babloos, Pomelo
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Description:
Trees to 10 m high, young parts grey-pubescent; bark greyish-brown, lenticellate; branchlets angular. Leaves unifoliolate, alternate, estipulate; petiole 20-30 mm long, winged, wings obcordate; lamina 6.5-10 x 3-7 cm, ovate or elliptic, base cuneate, subcordate or round, apex obtuse or acute, margin subentire or crenate, glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath, coriaceous, glandular-punctate; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, creamy, solitary or in axillary clusters; calyx ca. 1 x 1.5 mm, pubescent, irregularly lobed; petals 5, ca. 25 x 13 mm, oblong-obovae, glandular; stamens up to 30; filaments irregularly polyadelphous at base, anthers oblong, apiculate; disc annular, greenish-white; ovary superior, glabrous, 10-14-celled; style cylindric; stigma capitate, glandular-sticky. Fruit a hesperidium, 15-20 cm across, oblate to pyriform, greenish or yellow, glandular; pulp vesicles pale green to pinkish, acidic or sweet; seeds large, wrinkled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-November
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of south east Asia
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thuravoor
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