Trees & Plants

Bitter orange

Lunboa

Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.)

Cultivated in homesteads The edible fruit, which has a sour and acidic flavour, is widely used for making juice, jams, pickles and chutneys. The juice is low in calories but high in vitamin C and 4, is a part of cocktail beverages. The aromatic leaves are often used as a seasonin

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uses: The edible fruit, which has a sour and acidic flavour, is widely used for making juice, jams, pickles and chutneys. The juice is low in calories but high in vitamin C and 4, is a part of cocktail beverages. The aromatic leaves are often used as a seasoning in Asian cooking. Lime juice is utilized in traditional medicine to relieve stomach ache and as an antiseptic.
family: Rutaceae
synonym: Limonia aurantifolia Christm., Citrus acida Pers.
description: Shrub or small trees, to 6 m high; branchlets slender with sharp spines. Petioles narrowly winged; leaflets ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, crenate at margin, acute at apex. Inflorescences lax axillary racemes, 2-7 flowered, rarely flower solitary. Flowers bisexual, 20-25 cm across, whitish. Calyx cupular, greenish is white; lobes 4, deltoid, glandular. Petals 4, is oblong, glandular, white. Stamens 20-28; filaments polyadelphous, white; anthers oblong, yellowish. Ovary globose-depressed, greenish; style cylindric, white; stigma capitate. Fruits rounded to oval or elliptical, Swingle × 4-6.5 3.5-5 cm, pitted, glandular, shining, green, yellow when ripe; seeds ovoid.
native range: Native of Southeast Asia, probably Indonesia and Malaysia
distribution: Cultivated in tropical areas 6 from the West Indies and Central and South America to India, China and parts of Africa. ets
english names: Bitter orange · Country lime · Key lime · Mexican lime · Seville orange
flowering fruiting: March-December
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in homesteads