Citrus maxima, Babloos, Bablimoos,, Bamblimoos, ബബ്ലൂസ്, ബബ്ലിമൂസ്

Family: Rutaceae
Vernacular names: Babloos, Bablimoos,, ബബ്ലൂസ്, ബബ്ലിമൂസ് (Malayalam), Bamblimoos (English), Pamplimas (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of South East Asia
Description: Small trees, greyish-brown. Leaves unifoliolate, alternate, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, creamy, solitary or in axillary clusters. Fruit a hesperidium, greenish or yellow, glandular; seeds large, wrinkled.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: April-November

Parts used: Leaves and fruits
Properties & Uses: Nutritive, cardiotonic and refrigerant. Fruit is used for the treatment of influenza, cough, catarrh and asthma. Rind is anthelmintic; useful in vomiting, griping of abdomen and diarrhea. Leaves are useful in epilepsy, cholera and convulsive cough.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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