Citron
ಮಾದಳநாரத்தம்பழம்మాదీఫలము
Citrus medica L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.2 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Rutaceae
Formerly Citrus alata, Citrus aurea, Citrus balotina, Citrus bicolor, and 14 more
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- WC. Himalaya to MyanmarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 2.5 m to 4.0 mRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 2.5–4 m; Wikipedia 2.5–4.5 m
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.5 mRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS pink, white; Wikipedia purple, white
- Coldest it survives
- 1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Hebrew
- אתרוג
- German
- Zitronatzitrone
- Japanese
- シトロン
- Polish
- Cytron
- Chinese
- 枸櫞, 佛手, 云南野香橼
- Italian
- Cedro
- Arabic
- أترج
- Czech
- cedrát
- Danish
- Cedrat
- Greek
- Κιτριά
- Esperanto
- Cedrato
- Spanish
- Cidro
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Citrus medica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.