Citrus aurantium෴ ඇඹුල් දොඩම්

Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium

Scientific Synonyms:

  • Aurantium × acre Mill.
  • Aurantium × humile Mill.
  • Aurantium × orientale Mill.
  • Family name:

  • RUTACEAE
  • English name:

  • Bitter Orange
  • Sour Orange
  • Sevilla Orange
  • Sinhala name:

  • Embul dodam (ඇඹුල් දොඩම්)
  • Tamil name:

  • Narankai
  • Charukkarainarattai
  • Sanskrit name:

  • Jambira
  • Nagaranga
  • Description:

  • Small tree to 10 m high; branchlets angular when young, spines to 5-8 cm long. Leaves ovate; petiole 2-3 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, few-flowered. Flowers large, sweetly fragrant. Fruit subglobose, greenish-yellow; juice very sour, seeds numerous, fruit center eventually becoming hollow.
  • Native Distribution Status:

  • Only under cultivation
  • Edible parts:

  • Fruit
  • Treatment for:

  • Inflamed glands and Tonsils
  • Chronic cough
  • Scorbutic conditions
  • Parts used in Treatment:

  • Fruit
  • Related Medical Properties:

  • Diaphoretic
  • Purgative
  • Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium

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