Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck

• Family: Rutaceae
• Vernacular names: Cherunaregam, ചെറുനാരകം (Malayalam), Lemon, (English), Jambira (Sanskrit), Malai Elumichai (Tamil)
• Distribution: Native of South East Asia; cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries
• Description: Small trees. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Flowers axillary, in clusters, cymes or solitary, white. Fruit globose, fleshy, rind leathery and the juice acrid.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Cultivated in homesteads
• Flowering & Fruiting: February-May

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• Parts used: Fruits
• Properties & Uses: Fruit juice is used to treat scurvy, dyspepsia, flatulence, constipation, scabies, vomiting, cough, bronchitis, and hemicrania.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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