| |
Citrus sinensis
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
RUTACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind. Resa. 41. 1757, nomen & Reise Ostindien 250. 1765; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 287. 1997.
Citrus aurantium L. var. sinensis L., Sp. Pl. 783. 1753.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
Musambi
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
Sweet orange
|
| |
Description:
Spinous tree, up to 10 m tall; spines few slender and flexible. Leaves aromatic 7.5-11 cm, ovate-oblong to ovate, entire or serrulate, acute to obtuse. Petiole narrowly winged, wings oblanceolate. Flowers axillary, in 1-6-flowered cymes. Petals reflexed. Stamens c. 20. Fruit oblate to slightly oval, 6-9 cm in diameter. Rind deep yellow to orange-red; thick or thin; pulp orange-yellow or reddish, sweet or slightly acidic.
|
| |
Habit:
Tree
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Cultivated
|
| |
Distribution:
South China and Vietnam
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
Yes
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
Yes
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
|
| |
Localities:
|