Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Citrus medica
Scientific Name and Description
Citrus medica L
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Citron, Bijaura,baranimbu, bijaura, jhamirdi, maphal, turanj |
| Marathi | Bijapur, Maha nimbu,bijora, kagi limbu, limbu, mahalung, mahalunga, mavalung |
| Bengali | Bhābnā |
| Tamil | Pattaniar citron,durunci, elumiccai, elumicha, inippelumiccai, inippunarattai, kadara naraththai, kadaranarattai, kommatti matulai, kotinarattai, kotiyelumiccai, maturacampiram, narttam-pazham, tenrotam, tentirimiccai, tentirimiccaimaram, tiirivatikam, tirivatikamaram, tittippelumiccai, tittippuelumiccai |
| Telugu: | Vijapura citron,bija-pura, dabba, lungamu, madeephalamu, madhipala-pandu, nara-dabba, nimma, pulla-dabba |
| Kannada | imbe, maadala, mada-lada-hannu, madalada-hannu, madavala, rusaki |
| Malayalam | ganapati-naranna, ganapatinarakam, kaipanaragam, madalanarakam |
| Sanskrit | amlakeshara, antughna, begapura, bijahva, bijaka, bijaphalaka, bijapur, bijapura, bijapurah, bijapuraka, bijapurna, danturachhada, jambhhira, karuna, madhulunga, madhuramphala, mahalunga, mahaphala, matulang, matulunga, matulungah, nimbu, nimbuka, phalapura, phalapuraka, rochanaphala, rucaka, ruchaka, sukeshar, supura, vijapura |
| Tibetan | ba lun kha lun (d), la la kha lun, skyur rtsi chen po |
| Urdu | turanj, utaraj |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Citrus medica L. Tree Leaves, fruit, stem bark Wound healing; head ache; tooth ache; Vitamin C source; joint pain; indigestion; headache; bone fracture; nail infection; refreshner General Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Muralidhara Rao and Pullaiah 2007, Sharma et al. 2013
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Kshirsagar and Singh 2001
Muralidhara Rao and Pullaiah 2007
Sharma et al. 2013
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112