Scientific Name :
Citrus × aurantium L.
Synonym :
Aurantium × acre Mill.
Aurantium × coronatum Poit. & Turpin
Common Name : Sweet Orange, Mosambi, Malta
Plant Family : Rutaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to December
Flower Colour : Greenish white
Description : Height: Upto 10 m
Stem: Grey, woody
Leaves: Unifoliate, winged petioles, oil glands
Flowers: Stamens 20 to 30, polyadelphous, white, stigma capitate
Inflorescence: Cymose
Fruits: Hesperidium, fleshy, seeds polyembryony
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : TL
Distribution Range : cultigen derived from artificial hybrids.
Uses : Fruit is nutritious and rich in vitamin C
Useful as blood purifier and enhances appettite
