Citrus medica L.
| Synonym : | Aurantium medicum (L.) M. Gómez Citrus alata( Tanaka) Tanaka Citrus odorata Roussel Citrus tuberos |
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| Bangla Name : | Shosrijamir,Panilebu,Haitta lebu,Haitta lebu |
| English Name : | Lemon |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Cough, appetizer, fever and bronchitis, rheumatism, stomachache. |
| Description : | Shrubs or small trees. Branches, leaf buds, and flower buds purplish when young. Leaves simple or rarely 1-foliolate; petiole short, not winged; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic, margin serrate, apex rounded, obtuse, or rarely mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, ca. 12-flowered or sometimes flowers solitary.Flowers bisexual or sometimes male by ± complete abortion of pistil.Petals 5. Stamens 30-50. Ovary cylindric; style long and thick; stigma clavate. Fruit pale yellow, elliptic to subglobose, surface coarse; pericarp white to pale yellow and soft within, thicker than sarcocarp, removed with difficulty..Seeds small; seed coat smooth; embryo(s) solitary to several; cotyledons milky white. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Oct-Nov. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh |
| Chemical Constituents : | Naringin and poncirin in peels. Oil frrom peels, d-limonene, a-pinene, linalool, geraniol etc. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Cough, appetizer, fever and bronchitis, rheumatism, stomachache. |
| Habit : | small tree |