Rough lemon
is believed to have originated in India only.
It is found through out India upto an altitude of 1000 metres.
Tree is
medium to large, spreading, and relatively less spiny. Leaves are small, light
green, round faintly serrated; flowers small, faintly coloured; fruits deep
yellow, with a special apical papilla and strongly developed apical cavity
surrounding papilla, rough and irregular,
surface adherence of rind fairly loose, core open at maturity, flesh
yellow, seeds numerous.
The fruit
is used as a cheap substitute for kaghzi lime or galgal for pickles,
garnishing, flavouring etc. The juice of
rough
Lemon fruits,
however, does not match is sharply acidic and does not match Kaghzi lime juice
in flavour. Ayurvedic physicians
discourage people to use fresh or raw rough lemon juice. They only approve juice concentrated by
heating.
Rough lemon
is one of major rootstocks used for citrus fruits all over the world. It has good adaptability for light sandy
soils and is also fairly tolerant to salts.
As a rootstock, however, it is sensitive to cold.
Rough lemon
(Citrus jambhiri Lush.) is the fruit and the tree of a citrus hybrid related to
the citron and the lemon, with character traits similar to rangpur or mandarin
orange.
Rough lemon
is a cold-hardy citrus and can grow into a large tree.
There are
several cultivars of rough lemon that use as a citrus rootstock, among them
are: florida, schaub, and Vangassay rough lemon.
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