Citrus sinensis

• Botanical Name : Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
• Synonyms : Citrus aurantium L. var. sinensis L.
• Common Name : Sweet Orange, Mosambi
• Plant Family : Rutaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Citrus sinensis Plant :

• Habit : A small tree, young shoots greenish-white.
• Leaves : Unifoliate with pellucid oil glands, petioles winged.
• Inflorescence : Cyme
• Flower :
  • Pure white in small clusters.
  • Stamens 20-30, polyadelphous.
  • Ovary on a disc, 8-many chambered, style big and thick, stigma capitate.
• Fruit : Globose, rind thick, tightly adherent, pulp yellow, fairly sweet, seeds poly-embryonic.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : More or less throughout year.
• Significance :                                
  • It is one of the most  valued commercial citrus. The fruit is very nutritious and highly esteemed as a desert fruit for vitamin C.
  • It purifies blood, allays thrust in fevers and improves appetite.