EPPO Global Database

Citrus medica(CIDME)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CIDME
  • Preferred name: Citrus medica
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to the Himalayas to Bangladesh and Indochina. Introduced in Western Mediterranean, China, India, Malesia, Mexico, Caribbean, South America (Ecuador, Peru).


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Citrus cedra Link
Citrus cedratus Rafinesque
Citrus medica var. genuina Engler

Common names
Name Language
Buddha's hand English
cidran English
citron English
etrog English
Zedratbaum German
Zitronat-Zitrone German
Zitronatzitronenbaum German
cédratier French
citronnier de Médie French
cidral Spanish
cidrero Spanish
cidro Spanish
poncil Spanish
poncilero Spanish
cedro Italian
cederatboom Dutch
sukadeboom Dutch
cidrão Portuguese
cidreira Portuguese
citron Swedish
цедрат Russian
цитрон Russian
cedrat Danish
cedrat Norwegian
sukaattisitruuna Finnish
ağaç kavunu Turkish
etrog Hebrew
אֶתְרוֹג Hebrew
cedrat Polish
cytron Polish
portokall Albanian
cidrondo Basque
zidrondoa Basque
ръката на Буда Bulgarian
цитрон Bulgarian
cedrater Catalan
citroner Catalan
poncemer Catalan
ponciller Catalan
poncirer Catalan
ponsimer Catalan
ponsiquer Catalan
xiāng yuán Chinese
香橼 Chinese
limun  Croatian
сedrát Czech
chitru Romanian
citrona Slovene