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Accession Data:

Citrus medica L.

  • Common Name: Buddha's Hand Citron
  • Family: Rutaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis (Siebold ex Hoola van Nooten) Swingle

  • Country of Origin: India

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200352
  • Source: Dave Kidwell
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1203 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • SubFamily: Aurantioideae
  • Tribe: Citreae
  • SubTribe: Citrinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
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2015
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: India

References (external):

  1. University of California Riverside, Citrus Variety Collection. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 02, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 02, 2018.
  3. Citrus medica at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 02, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:06:13 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Citrus medica

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Current Accessions in the Rutaceae

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Aurantieae

  • Merrilliinae: Murraya koenigii
  • Merrilliinae: Murraya paniculata

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Citreae

  • Citrinae: Citropsis daweana
  • Citrinae: Citrus aurantiifolia
  • Citrinae: Citrus japonica Nagami
  • Citrinae: Citrus junos
  • Citrinae: Citrus x limon
  • Citrinae: Citrus medica
  • Citrinae: Citrus x pyriformis
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata Clementine de Nules
  • Citrinae: Citrus trifoliata
  • Triphasiinae: Triphasia trifolia

Subfamily Rutoideae
Tribe Ruteae

  • Ruta graveolens

Subfamily Spathelioideae

  • Cneorum tricoccon
  • Ptaeroxylon obliquum

Subfamily Toddalioideae

  • Casimiroa edulis
  • Dictamnus albus var. purpureus
  • Zanthoxylum simulans
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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