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Citrus aurantium
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Citrus aurantium L., Sp. Pl. 782. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 515. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 162(115). 1915; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 52. 1995; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 279. 1997; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 590. 2005.
Citrus madraspatana Hort. ex Tanaka, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 16: 238. 1937.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karna, Madhuranaragam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bigarade, Sour orange, Seville orange
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Description:
Small trees, rarely shrus; young shoots glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or ovate, cuneate or rounded at base, undulate or slightly crenulate at margin, tapering and emarginate at apex; petioles ca 2 cm long, often broadly winged; wings spatulate to oblong-obovate, ca 15 mm broad. Inflorescences axillary, few flowered. Flowers bisexual, white. Sepals 4 or 5, deltoid, acute, ciliate at margin. Petals oblong, attenuate above, coriaceous, glandular. Stamens 22-27; filaments white, poly- or 1 or 2-adelphous, sometimes free; anthers oblong, 2.5-3 mm long, yellow. Ovary barrel shaped; style cylindric, white; stigma capitate. Fruits subglobose or oblate, pitted, orange to red; seeds numerous, ovoid and smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of China and Indonesia, 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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kulathupuzha
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