Citron
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(st´rn), name for a tree (Citrus medica) of the family Rutaceae (orange family), and for its fruit, the earliest of the citrus fruits to be introduced to Europe from Asia.
Citron, Cedrat
Scientific Name: Citrus medica Linn.
Synonym:
Family: Rutaceae ...
Heuchera 'Citronelle' PP 17,934 (Perennial Coral Bells)
Item Number: 7703
Unit Price: $12.00 ...
Citron Lily (H. citrina): This sweetly lemon-scented species blooms at night. It grows about 3 feet tall and is a strong, vigorous plant.
Citronella grass is the source of the commercial citronella oil, used in perfumery and as an insect repellent. Inexpensive soaps sold in Asian markets are scented with citronella oil.
citron scented gum, citron-scented gum, lemon gum, lemon scented gum, lemon-scented gum, lemonscented gum, spotted gum
Family
Myrtaceae ...
Citronella congonha (gongonha)
Family: Icacinaceae
Congoña, Naranjillo
Origin: Paraguay, Uruguay ...
Citronenmelisse, Herztrost, Melisse, Zitronenmelisse
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Melissa, Melissochorto, Με"ίσσα, Με"ισσόχορ"ο ...
Citron is of comparatively little economic value. It is mostly grown in Sicily, Greece and Corsica.
This citronella scented geranium needs only the slightest touch to set off its strongly scented leaves.
Latin Name:
Pelargonium
Common Name:
Scented Geraniums, Storksbills ...
Red Shine Citron Watermelon ( Citrullus lantatus )
Red Shine Hedge Maple ( Acer campestre )
Red Shine Tulip ( Tulipa ) ...
5[list]/43: Citronella (21). Tropics, inc. the Pacific, to Taiwan (map: from Sleumer 1971a, c; Utteridge & Brummitt 2007).
Mosquito, or citronella plants were developed by introducing a gene from citronella grass into a scented Pelargonium species. When rubbed or crushed, these geraniums release the citronella oil, which helps repel mosquitoes.
Citronela - Andropogon nardus
Citrumelo - Citrus x paradisi
Cizaña - Lolium temulentum
Clarn - Lathyrus latifolius
Clavel - Dianthus caryophyllus
Clavel indio - Silene californica
Clavel silvestre - Statice armeria ...
colocynth; citron; bitter apple; vine of Sodom Citrullus colocynthis
Colombian bluestem Schizachyrium condensatum
Colombian waxweed; pukamole; tarweed Cuphea carthagenensis
colonial beatgrass Agrostis capillaris
coltsfoot Tussilago farfara ...
Citronella mucronata
Cliftonia monophylla
Coccothrinax acunana
Coccothrinax alexandri
Coccothrinax alta
Coccothrinax argentata
Coccothrinax argentea
Coccothrinax baracoensis
Coccothrinax barbadensis
Coccothrinax bermudezii ...
citriodora, the CITRON-SCENTED GUM, whose leaves emit a delightful lemon scent, contains up to 98 per cent of citronellol and is much used in perfumery, fetching four times as much as the medicinal oils. E.
Gum tree leaves vary a lot in smell when you crush and sniff them because the mix of oils varies from one species to the next, but with the lemon-scented gum the oil is virtually pure citronellal, known as a germicide and mosquito repellent, ...
The leaves have also an essential oil containing citronella, cineole, terpenine, sesquiterpenes and others.
The fruits are round, red to dark red, deeply longitudinal grooved berries.
For repelling insects on skin: Mix 1 teaspoon each of essential oils of pennyroyal, citronella, eucalyptus, rosemary, and tansy. Shake oils in 1 cup of vegetable or olive oil. Store away from light in a sealed container.
This unusual fruit is a citron with oddly shaped finger-like appendages. Everyone will want to know about it. The fruit is composed solely of the rind, and has been used in China for it's fragrance, where it was hung about to perfume a room.
Constituents: 1% volatile oil (including valerianic acid, isovalerianic acid, valerenone, valerenal, hydroxyvaleric acid, citronellyl isovalerate, borneol, pinene, camphene, methyl-2-pyrrole ketone and assorted sesquiterpenes), ...
Heuchera x villosa 'Citronelle'
Hairy Alumroot
A happy accident in the production of Heuchera Caramel, Citronelle brings the vigor of the villosas to bright chartreuse folliage for shade.
Common name(s): lemon grass, citronella
Synonym(s): Andropogon citratus
Conservation Status: Rated as of Least Concern (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Habitat: Tropical grassland.
Key Uses: Culinary. Medicinal.
Cats hate the smell of rue and citronella, so sprinkle these herbs in the garden. Beware, though-some repellents may encourage a dog to urinate on the spot more often to mark over the strange smell.
Many of its common names such as Limonetto or in France Verveine Citronelle allude to the wonderful lemony odor of the leaves.
Achillea millefolium x 'Citronella' Yarrow, 'Citronella'
perennial, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 9b ...
This is one of the exceptional Big Sky" series (E. paradoxa crossed with E. purpurea), bearing fragrant, pale citron petals and green-maturing-to-copper central cones.
Thus you can buy a cloned cultivar such as 'Enchantment', with all the bulbs producing identical plants, or bulbs of a strain such as Citronella which is a 'grex', ...
Barbara wrote: After lifting geraniums (also hanging ivy geraniums and citronella), how do I store for the winter? Thanks - Barbara (in NE Ohio) ...
A single species, see below.
Poncirus: from the French name for a kind of citron.
Poncirus trifoliata [Trifoliate Orange, Hardy Orange] Common Name List
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Index- plants in this Family
Lamiaceae / Mint Northern Horsebalm (Collinsonia canadensis)
Northern Horsebalm is also known as Richweed, Citronella. ...
It is far more cold-hardy, grows stiffly upright to 4 feet or taller, has bright green, maple-like leaves, exceptionally lemony-smelling, not very hairy; the flowers are pink-purple. It is a cultivar of or a hybrid of Pelargonium citronellum, ...
in the countries of Europe, orangeries to house the tender fruit trees from cold sprang up in all the prosperous establishments of the day. Public gardens, royal abodes and estates of the gentry vied with each other to build elaborate citronieres.
The essential oil of tea is of a citron yellow colour; it is lighter than water and possesses the distinctive odour of tea. Extract varies from 26 to 40 per cent., and is no guide to quality. Ash averages 5.7 per cent.
 See also: Green, Lemon, May, Orange, Citronella
  
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