Citrus junos is an evergreen tall tree with a height of about 4m. It grows mainly in the southern part and is also wild in the vicinity of the beach or private area. There are pointed thorn on branches. Leaves are alternate, ovate or lanceolate, with dull serrate on margin, with wings on petiole.
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| It also can be found very often in villege |
White flowers bloom in April-May in the axillae. Calyx is cup shaped and divided into 4 ~ 5 pieces, with 5 petals and 20 ~ 25 stamens. Fruits are round oval with berries and ripen in bright yellow from October to November. The surface is rugged, fragrant and contains 9 to 11 pieces of pulp.
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| Fruits are round oval with berries and ripen in bright yellow from October to November. |
harvest flowers in the spring and brews them steadily to make a tea. In late autumn, the fruit is mainly edible. ㅁafter removing the seed you can use mature the peel and fruit by adding sugar mature to make tea. You can use citrus fruits in salads or meat dishes. It is also possible to make citrus pickles by putting the fruits and peel in jar. You can make jam or use it as a cake or ingredient of cake. The shell may be used as a spice by making it powder.
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| Flower is used for tea in spring, fruits ripe during late autumn. |
Citron is rich in flavonoids such as naringin, poncirin and neohesperidin, and vitamins such as carotene, vitamins B1, B2 and C, and calcium. In addition, citrus fruits, geraniol, linalool, methylanthranilate and other essential oils are found in the fruit husk, while juices are rich in organic acids such as citric acid, so that fatigue recovery, appetite stimulation, Prevention and so on.
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| after removing the seed you can use mature the peel and fruit by adding sugar mature to make tea. |
The flavonoid components such as naringin and hesperidin have been reported in recent studies as antibacterial and antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer activities. It also lowers blood cholesterol levels, preventing hypertension and arteriosclerosis, restoring hepatotoxicity, detoxifying heavy metals, and strengthening capillaries to prevent blood vessel damage such as stroke.
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| You can use citrus fruits in salads or meat dishes. |
In korea traditional medicine the fruit skin is mainly used. The fruit is generally sour and property is cold, while the husk is spicy, sweet and has warm property, It has the effect of raising chi upward to stomach which promotes digestion. It treats an umbilicus and above the chest and abdomen, a cramped symptom, a stomach or abdomen cold, asthma, and pain in the prostate system. Fruit is particularly effective in relieving stomach trouble and treating halitosis.Breeding is mainly by grafting. Tangerine and citron trees are tapered in the spring or in the summer.
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How to enjoy citron
- harvest flowers in the spring and brews them steadily to make a tea
- after removing the seed you can use mature the peel and fruit by adding sugar mature to make tea.
- You can use citrus fruits in salads or meat dishes.
- You can make jam or use it as a cake or ingredient of cake.
Translated by Sungwoo Cho
Other articles by Geol YooInterviewed on : 2018.11.23 15:08
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