Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Aurantium decumana (L.) Mill. Aurantium maximum Burm. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck Citrus pompelmos Risso. Citrus decumana L. Citrus aurantium Var. grandis L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Jambura, Batabilebu, Mahanimbu, Chakotra. ,Dopaashe (Marma). |
| English Name : | Shaddock, Pummelo, Forbidden Fruit. |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Nutritive, cardiotonic, refrigerant, influenza, cough, catarrh, asthma, anthelmintic, vomiting, griping of abdomen, diarrhoea epilepsy, chorea and cough. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized spinous tree. Leaflets large, 15-23 cm long, ovate-oblong, petioles broadly winged. Flowers white. Fruit large, pale yellow, globose or pyriform, rind thick, pulp varying in colour from crimson to pale pink or yellow. |
| Distribution : | Grown all over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit juice is rich in ascorbic and citric acids. Fruit peel contains an essential oil rich in d-limonene (about 90%), ?-pinine, linalool, geraniol, flavonoids, coumarins, triterpenes, carotene, pectin, nobilitin and hesperidin. The unripe fruit contains |
| Uses : | The fruit is considered nutritive, cardiotonic and refrigerant, useful in influenza, cough, catarrh and asthma. The rind is anthelmintic, useful in vomiting, griping of abdomen and diarrhoea. The leaves are useful in epilepsy, chorea and convulsive cough. |
| Habit : | Tree |