Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abonua	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akenkaa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ankaatwaree	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ankama	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
brhatjambirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanh	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
chanh ta	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
charmum	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
cherunaarangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citron vert	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
citronnier gallet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
common lime	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
damni	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
dayap	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
dehi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
dingama	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
doc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
domunli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
donuti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
egyptian lime	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
elumiccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elumiccam palam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elumichai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elumichchan chaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grapefruit	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
hulinimbe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilimichai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
imbe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian lime	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jambira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jeruk nipis	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
jeruk pecel	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
kagaji -lebu	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
kagaji nimbu	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
kaghzi-nimbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kagzi nimboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kagzi nimbu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kagzinimbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
key lime	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
khatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccilippalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kich chilip-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kpete	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
lai meng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
laranja	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
lebu	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
leemu kaghzi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leimus	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
lemon	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
lemu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
lima	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
lima mejicana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lima-ácida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limau asam	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
limau nipis	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
limbe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
limbu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lime	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
lime acid	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lime acide	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
lime leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
lime oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
lime oil, cold-pressed	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
lime oil, distilled	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
lime oil, expressed	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
limeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limett	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
limettier	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
limon	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
limon agria	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
limon agrio	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limon de castillo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
limone	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
limou-amāni	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
limpaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
limão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limão-galego	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limão-tahiti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limón	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limón agrio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limón ceutí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
limón criollo	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limón mexicano, aceite esencial centrifugado tipo "a"	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
limón mexicano, aceite esencial centrifugado tipo "b"	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
limón mexicano, aceite esencial destilado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
limón mexicano, aceite esencial destilado y centri	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
limón mexicano, aceite esencial destilado y desterpenado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
limón, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
loomi	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
líma	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
lîmo besre	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
manao	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
mexican lime	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
mumoe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nagranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimbe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimbuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
nimma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimma pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimu	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
numî besre	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
nyamsa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
oil of lime (cold pressed), mexican type, obtained by mechanical means	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oil of lime distilled, mexican type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
olomankilisi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
palam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rimó	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
somma nao	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
sour lime	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
swadunaringa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taraja	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
toronja	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
twaree	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
uriaup supkaba	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
vatukappulinarakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vijapura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian lime	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ليموعمانی	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
දෙහි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Juice		Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
Fructus		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Fruit		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bark, Juice of the fruit, Leaves, Root, Seeds, un-ripened fruit		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit	fresh peel of the fruit, crushed whole fruit	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
fruit	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
fruit	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
leaf	fresh leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fruit, leaf, root		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit, leaf, root		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
pericarp, fruit juice or crushed fruits	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Flower, Fruit (Fruit, Rind)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
frutos enteros		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
fruit		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Citrus × acida Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 390 (1832).
Citrus × limonellus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 3): 43 (1842).
Citrus × papaya Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 218 (1844).
Citrus hystrix subsp. acida Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 200 (1896).
Citrus madurensis var. voangasay Sagot & É.F.A.Raoul Man. Prat. Cult. Trop.: 182 (1893).
Citrus medica var. acida (Roxb.) Brandis Forest Fl. N.W. India: 52 (1874).
Citrus medica f. aurantiifolium (Christm.) M.Hiroe Forest Pl. Hist. Jap. Islands 1: 219 (1974).
Citrus × aurantiifolia subsp. murgetana García Lidón & al. in D.Rivera & al., Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 98 (1998).
Citrus × aurantium var. lima (Lunan) Guillaumin Agric. Prat. Pays Chauds, n.s., 14: 113 (1932).
Citrus × davaoensis (Wester) Yu.Tanaka Syst. Pomol.: 140 (1951).
Citrus × depressa var. voangasay (Sagot & É.F.A.Raoul) H.Perrier Fl. Madagasc. 104: 83 (1950).
Citrus × excelsa Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 26 (1915).
Citrus × excelsa var. davaoensis Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 25 (1915).
Citrus × javanica Blume Catalogus: 95 (1823).
Citrus × lima Lunan Hort. Jamaic. 1: 451 (1814).
Citrus × limon var. abyssinica Riccob. Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 4: 16 (1905).
Citrus × limon var. pusilla Risso in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit., nouv. ed., 7: 78 (1819).
Citrus × limonellus var. oxycarpa Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 3): 43 (1842).
Citrus × longispina Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 15 (1915).
Citrus × macrophylla Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 16 (1915).
Citrus × montana (Wester) Yu.Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 9: 8 (1939).
Citrus × nipis Michel Traité Citronier: 44 (1816).
Citrus × nobilis var. limonellus (Hassk.) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 1875: 137 (1875).
Citrus × nobilis var. voangasay (Sagot & É.F.A.Raoul) Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 373 (1895).
Citrus × notissima Blanco Fl. Filip.: 607 (1837).
Citrus × ovata Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 42 (1842).
Citrus × pseudolimonum Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 24 (1915).
Citrus × spinosissima G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 247 (1818).
Citrus × voangasay (Sagot & É.F.A.Raoul) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 49 (1837).
Citrus × webberi var. montana Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 8: 13 (1915).
Limonia acidissima Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(2): 444 (1774), sensu auct.
Limonia × aurantiifolia Christm. Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 1: 618 (1777).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Citrus acida	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrus aurantifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Citrus aurantifolia ( Christm.) Swingle	Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christ) Swingle	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm). Swingle	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm. & Panz.) Swingle	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm. & Panzer) Swingle	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 3. (2013)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm. ) Swingle	Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.& Panz.) Swingle	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swing	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Citrus aurantifolia (L.) Swingle	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Citrus aurantifolia Swingle	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Citrus aurantifolia Swingle, orth. var.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Citrus aurantiifolia	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm. & Panz.) Swingle	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Citrus aurantiifolia L.	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Citrus limonelius	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrus papaya	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrus x aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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