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==Uses==
{{Uses|Cough and cold}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Abdominal colic pain}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruit}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=daeva maadala, maada vaala, maadala, maathu langa, mahaaphala|ml=Ganapathi-naragam, Kottanaranga, Madulungam|sa=maha-jambirakaruna, mahnimbu, matalunga, matunga, vanabijapura|ta=elumichai, karuncalikam, narattai|te=beeja pooramu, dabba chettu, lungamu, maadiphalamu|hi=limbu, narangi, neembu|en=Citron}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Amla (Sour), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Amla (Sour)
===Karma===
Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|spines axillary, stout, sharp, ca 3.5 cm long. Leaves alternate, simple, variable, obtuse at base, crenate at margin, acute at apex, 10-18 x 3-9 cm, glabrous; petioles 8-10 mm long, not winged or jointed above. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary racemes|White|35-40| Calyx urceolate, 4-lobed; lobes ca 3.5 mm long. Petals 4, oblong, 2-4 x ca 1 cm, purplish. Stamens 35-40; filaments polyadelphous, short-pubescent, white; anthers linear, 4.5-5 mm long, yellowish. Ovary cylindric, ca 8 x 4 mm, 12-loculed; style cylindric, 10-15 mm long, purplish; stigma globose, sticky.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry, ovoid-oblong|10-20 x 6-14 cm|yellowish; seeds numerous, ca 10 x 5 mm, smooth|
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Ordang multi.jpg|Cut fruit
File:Naxos citron.jpg|Tree
File:Citrus medica L. (2463046159).jpg|Flowers
File:Seeds of (citrus medica) collected in Visakhapatnam.jpg|Seeds
File:Citrus medica leaves.jpg|Leaves
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/19/citron-fruit-citrus-medica-beejapoora/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Citrus+medic]
* [https://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/plant-profiles/citron]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
