Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species:  Citrus latipes (Swingle) Yu. Tanaka

Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species:  Citrus latipes (Swingle) Yu. Tanaka

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Synonym Flower Color White
Common Name Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Kagzi seedless lime, Som Lawo Flowering Period Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name Fruiting Period Jan-March
Altitude 500-1830 m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Tree Fruit Details The fruits are borne singly having a thicker peel of which the inner layer is chalky white just below the outer green layer
Habitat Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Bark Details Bark grey or brown, first smooth, then becoming rough and fissured
Distribution in manipur Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species It is a thorny tree having leaf blades more variable in size and shape and with the tips subacute or even bluntly rounded not apiculate or subcaudate with blunt points Leaf Details
 

Specimen's Details / Live Plants Details

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