Citrus reticulata Blanco
| Synonym : | Citrus crenatifolia Lush. Citrus deliciosa Ten. Citrus papillaris Blanco Citrus succosa Tanaka |
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| Bangla Name : | Komla,Komla lebu,Rhaw-show-sthei(Rakhaing). |
| English Name : | Loose skinned orange |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Tuberculosis, pneumonia |
| Description : | Small trees. Branchlets numerous, with few spines. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaf blade lanceolate, elliptic, or broadly ovate, basal articulated part to leaf blade usually narrow or only a remnant, midvein furcate near apex, margin apically obtusely crenulate or rarely entire, apex emarginate. Flowers solitary to 3 in a fascicle. Calyx irregularly 3-5-lobed.. Stamens 20-25. Style long, slender; stigma clavate. Fruit pale yellow, orange, red, or carmine, oblate to subglobose, smooth or coarse; pericarp very thin to thick, easily removed, sweet to acidic and sometimes bitter, with few to many seeds or rarely seedless. Seeds usually ovoid, base rounded, apex narrow and acute; cotyledons dark green, pale green, or milky white; chalaza purple. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Oct-Dec. |
| Distribution : | Moulvi Bazar,Moulvi Bazar,Khagrachari. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and tender twigs yield an essential oil known as petitgrain oil, Essential oil contains 7-hydroxycoumarin geranyl ether. Dried peels give pectin and glucosides. Nobilitin and citrantin identical with hesperidin.Flowers gycosides neopesperidin and a |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Tuberculosis, pneumonia. |
| Habit : | small tree |