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Citrus medica
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Citrus medica L., Sp. Pl. 1782. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 515. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 161(115). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 58. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 107. 1990; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 104. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 52. 1995; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 284. 1997; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 592. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 160. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 200. 2009.
Citrus aurantium L. var. medica Wight & Arn., Prodr. 98. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ganapathi-naragam, Gilam, Kottanaranga, Madulungam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild Lemon, Citron
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets angled, glabrous; spines axillary, stout, sharp, ca 3.5 cm long. Leaves alternate, simple, variable, obtuse at base, crenate at margin, acute at apex, 10-18 x 3-9 cm, glabrous; petioles 8-10 mm long, not winged or jointed above. Inflorescences axillary racemes, few-flowered. Flowers bisexual and male. Calyx urceolate, 4-lobed; lobes ca 3.5 mm long. Petals 4, oblong, 2-4 x ca 1 cm, purplish. Stamens 35-40; filaments polyadelphous, short-pubescent, white; anthers linear, 4.5-5 mm long, yellowish. Ovary cylindric, ca 8 x 4 mm, 12-loculed; style cylindric, 10-15 mm long, purplish; stigma globose, sticky. Fruits ovoid-oblong, 10-20 x 6-14 cm, yellowish; seeds numerous, ca 10 x 5 mm, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Probably indigenous 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):
Pink
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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:
Karivara slopes, Vandalodu
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