Trees & Plants

Lemon

Dhoalhanbu, Jambhoshi

Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.

Cultivated in homesteads Fruits are edible. They are high in citric acid and Vitamin C and have antioxidant properties. Th eir tart flavour is popular in beverges, ice creams and desserts, salad dressings and meat and vegetable dishes. or Apart from its culinary use, the fruit ha

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uses: Fruits are edible. They are high in citric acid and Vitamin C and have antioxidant properties. Th eir tart flavour is popular in beverges, ice creams and desserts, salad dressings and meat and vegetable dishes. or Apart from its culinary use, the fruit has a broad spectrum of medicinal properties. Lemon is used to treat scurvy, common cold and flu, H1N1 flu, ringing in the ears, Meniere’s disease and kidney stones. It is also used to aid digestion, reduce pain and swelling and improve the function of blood vessels.
family: Rutaceae
synonym: Citrus medica L. var. limon L., Citrus limonum Risso
description: Small trees, armed with long × spines. Leaves alterante, 4-6 2-3 cm, ovate- lanceolate, apex obtuse, coriaceous, dentate; petiole 1 cm. Flowers axillary, in clusters, cymes or solitary, white. Calyx cupular, 3-5- × fid. Petals 4-8, 7 2.5 mm. Stamens 20 or more, filaments unequal, variously fused. a Ovary many celled, 4-8 ovules in each cell, style 1 mm, stigma capitate. Fruits globose × to oblong , 7.5 12.5 cm long, rind leathry, yellow when ripe, smooth to bumpy rinds dotted with oil glands, juice acrid.
native range: Native to Southeast Asia
distribution: Cultivated in tropical, semi- tropical and warm temperate countries including the Mediterranean region.
english names: Lemon · Lime
flowering fruiting: February – May L.,
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in homesteads