Citrus medica

• Botanical Name : Citrus medica L.
• Common Name : Citron, Bijoru
• Plant Family : Rutaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Citrus medica Plant :

• Habit : A small tree, young shoots purple.
• Leaves : Unifoliate, petioles naked orwinged, ovate, serrate.
• Flower :
  • White, unisexual, Calyx copular.
  • Petals 4-8, linear oblong, white tinged with red, imbricate.
  • Stamens 20-80, filaments variously connate, anthers oblong.
  • Disk large, Ovary many celled, stigma capitate.
• Fruit : Berry globose or oblong, yellow when ripe, rind rough and thick and irregularly shaped.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : Throughout the year.
• Significance :
  • Cultivated everywhere for its fruits which are used for liver and spleen diseases.
  • The fruit juice is rich in vitamin C which is an astringent.
  • The fruits are also pickled.