Citrus limon

 

Family: RUTACEAE

Malayalam Name(s): Cherunaregam, Ilumbichinaregam, Oduchukuthinaregam

English name(s): Lemon, Lime, Rough lemon

Habit: Tree

Flowering & Fruiting: February-May

Medicinal: Yes

Habitat: Cultivated

Description: Small armed trees. Leaves 4-6 x 2-3 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex obtuse, coriaceous, dentate; petiole 1 cm. Flowers axillary, in clusters, cymes or solitary, white; calyx cupular, 3-5-fid; petals 4-8, 7 x 2.5 mm; stamens 20 or more, filaments unequal, variously fused; ovary many celled, 4-8 ovules in each cell, style 1 mm, stigma capitate. Berry globose, fleshy, rind leathery and the juice is acrid.

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