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Citrus sinensis

Scientific name: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Synonym: Citrus aurantium var. sinensis L.
Botanical family: RUTACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Dominican Republic:

  • naranja dulce (ou china)

Haiti:

  • zowanj

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Tree 6 -12 m tall with spines. Leaves ovate or oval-elliptic 5-15 cm x 2-8 cm, glabrous dark green above, margins serrate, petiole narrowly winged and articulate; flowers axillary, born single or in small racemes, 2-3cm in diameter, white, aromatic; fruit subglobose or oval, 4-12 cm in diameter, peel thick, ripening orange colour but often remaining green in the tropics, pulp sweet and juicy, seeds nil to many obovoid.

Voucher(s)

Veloz,3010,JBSD


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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