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Citrus reticulata
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Citrus reticulata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 610. 1837; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 287. 1997.
Citrus chrysocarpa Lush., Indian For. 36: 343. 1910.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Orange, Madhuranaranga
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Loose-skinned orange, Mandarin Orange
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Description:
Slender tree, 4-6 m tall. Spines absent or short. Leaves 6-8 cm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate; petiole narrowly winged. Flowers white, axillary and mostly bisexual. Stamens more or less united into a tube. Fruit oblate or pyriform, 5-8 cm in diameter. Rind bright yellow to orange, tinged red, with sunken oil glands, usually rough and warty; rind easily separable from the pulp vesicles. Axis hollow. Pulp vesicles loosely attached. Pulp orange, sweet or acidic.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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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):
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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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