Trees & Plants

Bigarade

Naaringu

Citrus aurantium L.

Cultivated in homesteads Fruits are edible and is used widely 2 to make marmalade. They are also used for treating fungal skin infections, diabetes, indigestion, weight loss, nasal congestion, allergies, intestinal gas, chronic fatigue syndrome, liver and gallbladder problems. Bi

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uses: Fruits are edible and is used widely 2 to make marmalade. They are also used for treating fungal skin infections, diabetes, indigestion, weight loss, nasal congestion, allergies, intestinal gas, chronic fatigue syndrome, liver and gallbladder problems. Bitter orange oil, obtained from the peel, is in demand for flavoring candy, ice cream, baked goods, gelatins and puddings, chewing gum, soft drinks, liquors and pharmaceutical products, especially if the water-or alcohol-insoluble terpenes and sesquiterpenes are removed.
family: Rutaceae
synonym: Citrus humilis (Mill.) Poir.
description: Shrubs or small trees, to 9 m high; young shoots glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or ovate, cuneate or rounded at base, undulate or slightly crenulate at margin, tapering and emarginate at apex; petioles ca. 2 to cm long, often broadly winged; wings spatulate to oblong-obovate, ca. 15 mm broad. Inflorescences axillary, few flowered. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant. Sepals 4 or 5, deltoid, acute, ciliate at margin. Petals oblong, attenuate above, coriaceous, in glandular. Stamens 22-27; filaments white; anthers oblong, 2.5-3 mm long, yellow. Ovary barrel shaped; style cylindric, white; stigma capitate. Fruits subglobose or oblate, × pitted, to 6 5 cm, orange to red; seeds numerous, ovoid and smooth.
native range: Southeast Asia especially, China, India and South Sea Islands.
distribution: Widely cultivated throughout 9 the tropics and sub-tropics or
english names: Bigarade · Sour orange
flowering fruiting: October – December
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in homesteads