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Citrus General Discussion / Citrus medica variety identification
« on: November 11, 2018, 10:49:31 AM »
Hi,
This tree is only labeled as “Citrus medica” at my local botanic garden. Is anyone able to identify the variety?
 The fruit is about 20 cm long.
The petioles are wingless or sometimes have  small wings.











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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Identification for 'Citrus pages'.
« on: November 11, 2018, 02:50:33 AM »
The fruit has similar shape and characteristics  to the Merdeka lime; the taste of the juice is acidic has some bitterness, the fragrance fills the room as soon as the peel is scraped or cut and is definitely amazing compard to limes and lemons similarly as described at the entry for Merdeka  lime. The seediness is also similar.

http://citruspages.free.fr/limes.html#assamensis
“‘Merdeka’ lime might not look much different from the Kaffir lime but peeling off the rind will fill a whole house with its freshening fragrance. The fruit has a firm pulp but a slightly bitter taste. Some fruits are completely seedless but some have a few seeds in them. The leaves are naturally glossy and have a strong citric aroma. They can be crushed and kept in an airtight bottle. Add boiling water to 1 teaspoon of these dried leaves and you will have a nice cup of tea with a strong lime aroma. The fragrance of the leaves and rind oil are definitely amazing in comparison with other limes and lemons....”

The leaves and the shape of the trees looks different:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh5-2-fT6Tc

Can Jara lebu be of hystrix and medica descent? That would explain the similarities with kaffer lime and Merdeka lime and also the varying fruit shapes (roundish and bumby, roundish and smooth, citron shaped and smoother and citron/lemon shaped amd bumby like kaffer lime)? Also the wingless petiole could come from medica?


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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Identification for 'Citrus pages'.
« on: November 10, 2018, 08:21:54 AM »
<Yes this is something to clear. Some are much bigger. Are they from another variety?>
All the pictures I made are from same box in the shop, they are called Jara Lebu on display, but the name on the unopened cardboard box “Zana lebu” and the latin name given as C. Pennivesiculata. At the other shop they called this same fruit shatkora confidently...
What I am more and more suspicious is that these names are not specific...

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Identification for 'Citrus pages'.
« on: November 09, 2018, 07:36:22 AM »
New pictures.
The box in the shop says C. pennivesiculata it does contradict the other reliable looking sorce that named it C. medica earlier (https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JBAU/article/viewFile/35078/23672).

The fruits are of various sizes and shapes, however the bigest ones here are just below 15 cm length.

Most of the are seedless. Some of them have aborted looking seeds and from many I had a fruit with many undeveloped and two viable looking seeds.

A question, are these bruises on the fruits canker?











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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Identification for 'Citrus pages'.
« on: November 08, 2018, 04:19:42 PM »
Hi,
I am the one originally tried to identify this citrus.
I find this research and debate very interesting, thanks everyone. I am following it but cannot add too much valuable information as I dont know much about citrus taxonomy.

Just some observations regarding the names “jara lebu”, “shatkora” and its variants... it seems to me that they are broader names and often used interchangeably.

We have two Bangladeshi shops selling it nearby and in one of them they call it “jara lebu” and in the other one they call it “shatkora”. At same time I found in freezer a different citrus, named shatkora too, i will attach pictures of that fruit. I understand this rounded, smooth skinned fruit is used as cooking vegetable in currys.







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