Citron
StarCitrus medica
Synonyms: Citrus kizu, Citrus pyriformis, Limon spinosum, Citrus grandis var. pyriformis, Citrus bigena, Citrus bicolor, Citrus × aurantium var. tamurana, Citrus medica var. ethrog, Citrus medica var. dulcis, Citrus × aurantium subvar. chakotra, Citrus × lumia, Citrus medica var. tuberosa, Citrus medica var. odorata, Citrus gongra, Citrus × aurantium var. proper, Citrus cedra, Citrus odorata, Citrus acida, Citrus balotina, Citrus kwangsiensis, Citrus alata, Citrus hiroshimana, Citrus fragrans, Citrus medica subsp. bajoum, Citrus medica var. nana, Citrus sarcodactylis, Citrus gaoganensis, Limon racemosum, Limon vulgare, Citrus medica var. yunnanensis, Citrus crassa, Citrus medica var. digitata, Citrus × aurantium var. medica, Citrus limonimedica, Citrus medica f. sudachi, Citrus medica var. florentina, Citrus nana, Citrus medica var. fructu-maxima, Citrus hassaku, Citrus cedrata, Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, Citrus medica var. tarung, Citrus aurea, Citrus medica var. proper, Citrus tuberosa, Citrus × aurantium subvar. amilbed, Citrus medica var. alata
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Botanical Description
Citrus medica, the citron, is a small evergreen tree or shrubby tree of the rue family (Rutaceae), among the oldest cultivated citrus and thought to originate in the foothills of the eastern Himalaya, northeastern India and southwestern China. It grows 2 to 4 metres tall with irregular, somewhat straggling, often spiny branches and large, leathery, elliptic, pale-green leaves on short, scarcely winged petioles. The fragrant flowers are flushed purplish-pink in bud, opening white. The fruit is very large, ellipsoid to ovoid, with a thick, knobbly, intensely aromatic yellow rind and a comparatively small, dry, acidic or sweetish pulp; the variety sarcodactylis, the fingered citron or Buddha's hand, is split into elongated finger-like segments and is nearly pulpless. Long valued for its perfume, candied peel and ceremonial use (the Jewish etrog), the citron is cultivated around the Mediterranean and across subtropical Asia.
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