Citrus aurantium෴ ඇඹුල් දොඩම්

Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium

Scientific Synonyms:

  • Aurantium × acre Mill.
  • Aurantium × humile Mill.
  • Aurantium × orientale Mill.

    • Family name:

  • RUTACEAE

    • English name:

  • Bitter Orange
  • Sour Orange
  • Sevilla Orange

    • Sinhala name:

  • Embul dodam (ඇඹුල් දොඩම්)

    • Tamil name:

  • Narankai
  • Charukkarainarattai

    • Sanskrit name:

  • Jambira
  • Nagaranga

    • Description:

  • Small tree to 10 m high; branchlets angular when young, spines to 5-8 cm long. Leaves ovate; petiole 2-3 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, few-flowered. Flowers large, sweetly fragrant. Fruit subglobose, greenish-yellow; juice very sour, seeds numerous, fruit center eventually becoming hollow.

    • Native Distribution Status:

  • Only under cultivation

    • Edible parts:

  • Fruit

    • Treatment for:

  • Inflamed glands and Tonsils
  • Chronic cough
  • Scorbutic conditions

    • Parts used in Treatment:

  • Fruit

    • Related Medical Properties:

  • Diaphoretic
  • Purgative
    • Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium Citrus aurantium

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