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</p><p><b>SIT-rus</b> -- Latinized form of <i>citron</i>
<b>MED-ee-kuh</b> -- pertaining to medicine
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: citron • <b>Assamese</b>: বিৰা জৰা bira tenga • <b>Bengali</b>: টাবা taba • <b>Gujarati</b>: બિજોરું bijoru • <b>Hindi</b>: गलगल galgal, पूरक purak, तुरन्ज turanj, वेतस vetas • <b>Kannada</b>: ಮಾದಳ madala, ಮಹಾಫಲ mahaphala, ಮಾತುಲುಂಗ matulunga • <b>Konkani</b>: मौळिंग maulinga • <b>Malayalam</b>: ഗണപതിനാരകം ganapatinarakam, മാതളം matalam • <b>Manipuri</b>: হৈজাঙ heijang • <b>Marathi</b>: महाळुंग mahalunga, मातुलुंग matulunga • <b>Mizo</b>: sêrtawk • <b>Nepali</b>: बिमिरो bimiro • <b>Oriya</b>: ବୀପପୁର bijapura, ଜମ୍ବିର jambira, କରୁଣା karuna, ନିମ୍ବୁ nimbu, ଟଭା ଲେମ୍ବୁ tabha-lembu • <b>Persian</b>: ترنج turanj • <b>Punjabi</b>: ਬਜੌਰੀ ਨਿੰਬੂ  bajauri nimbu, ਖੱਟਰ khatta, ਕਿੰਬ kimb • <b>Sanskrit</b>: बीजाढ्य bijadhya, बीजक bijaka, बीजफलक bijaphalaka, बीजपूर्ण bijapurna, बृहच्चित्त brhaccitta, इच्छक icchaka, मातुलुङ्ग matulunga, पीतसार pita-sara, पूतिपुष्पिका puti-puspika, सुकेसर sukesara • <b>Sindhi</b>: ليِمو liimo • <b>Tamil</b>: கொம்மட்டிமாதுளை kommatti-matulai, கொடியெலுமிச்சை koti-y-elumiccai, மாதுலங்கம் matulankam, பேரெலுமிச்சை per-elumiccai, பீதபூரம் pitapuram • <b>Telugu</b>: పూరము puramu
</p><p><b>possible origin</b> north-east India, west Myanmar
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Citron.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10745">NPGS / GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/SEA/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=18076">World Agroforestry Centre</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/">DDSA</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=567&amp;parname=0">ENVIS - FRLHT</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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