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Citrus microcarpa

Scientific Name
Citrus microcarpa
Family Name
Rutaceae
Common Names
Calamondin, china orange, golden lime
Local Names
Limau kesturi, limau chuit. (Malaysia), Kalamansi (Philippines)
Description
Evergreen straight and columnar shrub or treelet, 2-7.5m tall, with a long taproot;stem slender, slightly spiny, branches upright. Leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate, 3-8cm x 1-4cm, base acute, margins slightly crenulate, apex retuse, slightly notched oracute, glossy dark green above, pale green below, aromatic when crushed; petiole ca.1cm long, narrowly marginate. Inflorescences axillary, 1-3-flowered; flowers white,fragrant, 2cm wide; calyx 5-toothed; petals 5, elliptic-oblong, 1-2cm long; stamens 20,filaments united in a tube. Fruit a subglobose to globose berry, up to 4.5cm indiameter, depressed or flattened at apex; rind greenish-yellow to orange-red, thin,loose, with numerous oil glands; segments 6-10, axis small, semi-hollow; flesh orange,tender, acid juicy. Seeds 0-11, obovoid, small, plump, usually polyembryonic.(Malaysia)
Uses
Skin irritation, cough, anti phlogistic, laxative, phlegm, child birth, flatulence(Malaysia)
Hypertension, scabies, pulmonary disorders (Philippines)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Philippines - LBES Medicinal Genebank, ERDB
Remarks
Citrus microcarpa (GRIN)

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