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Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f.
Synonym
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Citrus x limonum Risso
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Family
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Rutaceae
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Local name
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English- Lemon
Malayalam- Cherunaregam
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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February-May
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Distribution
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Native of South East Asia,
cultivated in tropical and Subtropical countries
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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Endemic
/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Fruit juice is used for
scurvy, dyspepsia, flatulence, constipation, Scabies, Vomiting, Cough and
bronchitis.
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Key botanical characters:
Small armed
trees. Leaves, ovate-lanceolate, apex obtuse, coriaceous, dentate; Flowers
axillary, in clusters, cymes or solitary, white; calyx cupular, 3-5-fid;
petals 4-8; stamens 20 or more, filaments unequal, variously fused; ovary
many celled, 4-8 ovules in each cell, style 1 mm, stigma capitate. Berry
globose, fleshy, rind leathery and the juice is acrid.
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