Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

Citron

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Botanical name: Citrus medica Linn
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Rutaceae
English: Citron
Hindi: Baranimbu, Bijaira
Malayalam: Ganapatinarakam

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Citron is a slow-growing shrub or small tree reaching up to 15 ft (4.5 m) in height with stiff branches and twigs and spines in the leaf axils. The evergreen leaflets are leathery, lemon-scented, ovate-lanceolate or ovate elliptic. The flower buds are large and white or purplish. The fragrant flowers have 4 to 5 petals and they are pinkish or purplish with 30 to 60 stamens. The fruit is fragrant, oblong or oval and very variable even on the same branch. The peel is yellow, usually rough and bumpy and very thick. The pulp is pale-yellow or greenish divided into as many as 14 or 15 segments, firm, not very juicy, acid or sweet and contains numerous seeds.
The fruits, root, Leaves of the Citron is used for vomiting, intestinal disorders, dysentery, seasickness, jaundice, skin diseases and cough.