Citrus macroptera

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Citrus macroptera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. macroptera
Binomial name
Citrus macroptera
Synonyms [1]

Citrus macroptera, commonly known as cabuyao, [2] Melanesian papeda, [1] or wild orange, [3] is a semi-wild species of citrus native to the Malesian ecoregion (Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia). [4]

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Some authorities consider C. macroptera to be a taxonomic synonym of C. hystrix (kaffir lime), [5] while others consider C. macroptera var. annamensis to be a synonym of C. hystrix, but not C. macroptera var. macroptera. [6]

Citrus macroptera is cultivated widely in the Sylhet region (South Asia) of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley Division of the Indian state of Assam, where it is known as hatkhora (Sylheti : ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, [ɦat̪xɔɾa] ). [4]

Description

Citrus macroptera is so-named because of the large "wings" (-ptera) on the petiole, which is as large as the blade of the leaf. [3] The tree, which has thorns, can reach 5 m (16 ft) in height. Its fruit is about 6–7 cm (2+1⁄2–3 in) in diameter, has a fairly smooth, moderately thick rind, and is yellow when ripe. The pulp of the fruit is greenish-yellow and dry (does not produce much juice). The juice is very bitter, and somewhat sour. [3]

Varieties

The species is sometimes divided into four varieties, or alternatively into three separate species, as follows: [6]

Cultivation

Citrus macroptera is cultivated widely in the Sylhet region (South Asia) of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley Division of the Indian state of Assam, where it is known as hatkhora or (Sylheti : ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, [ɦat̪xɔɾa] ). [4]

Citrus macroptera is cultivated on a small scale in home gardens in the northeast Indian states of Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya, where its fruit is used for various purposes. [7] A cultivar of C. macroptera var. annamensis is grown in the Sylhet Division of northeastern Bangladesh. [8]

Citrus macroptera is also commercially cultivated in South Africa, Spain, and Tonga. In Spain the plant serves as a rootstock for other Citrus species. [2]

Uses

Culinary uses

In Bangladesh, especially Sylhet, the thick fleshy rind of Citrus macroptera is eaten as a vegetable, while the pulp is usually discarded because of its bitter-sour taste. The thick rind is cut into small pieces and cooked (either green or ripe) in beef, mutton, and fish curries, it is also used in Dal. The rind is often sun-dried for later cooking and consumption. The fruit is also pickled.

Perfumery

The oil of the annamensis cultivar is used in the perfume industry. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Citrus macroptera". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Peter Hanelt (ed.) 2001 Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops (except ornamentals), first English edition. Springer. in Google Books
  3. 1 2 3 Harley I. Manner, Richard S. Buker, Virginia Easton Smith, Deborah Ward, and Craig R. Elevitch 2006. Species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry: Citrus (citrus) and Fortunella (kumquat), Rutaceae (Rue family). pdf
  4. 1 2 3 Aktar, Koly; Foyzun, Tahira (January 2017). "Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Studies of Citrus macroptera : A Medicinal Plant Review". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017 (1). doi: 10.1155/2017/9789802 . PMC   5504973 . PMID   28740540.
  5. ↑ "TPL, treatment of Citrus hystrix DC". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  6. 1 2 Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995–2020 (2007). Sorting Citrus Names: Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
  7. ↑ S. K. Malik; Susheel Kumar; I. P. Singh; O. P. Dhariwal; Rekha Chaudhury (June 2013). "Socio-economic importance, domestication trends and in situ conservation of wild Citrus species of Northeast India". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 60 (5): 1660. doi:10.1007/s10722-012-9948-x.
  8. 1 2 M. N. Miah; Sahina Islam; Syed Hadiuzzaman (2002). "Regeneration of Plantlets Through Somatic Embryogenesis from Nucellus Tissue of Citrus macroptera Mont. var. anammensis ('Sat Kara')" (PDF). Plant Tissue Culture. 12 (2): 167.
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