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An arboreous, rarely shrubby, small, slender tree ; young 

 shoots glabrous, greenish-white. Leaves glabrous, 3-6in., 

 elliptic or ovate, acuminate ; pstioles naked or winged ; wings 

 often obovate, as large as the blade or nearly so. Flowers 

 pure white, scented more or less ; bisexual. Stamens 15-30. 

 Fruit globose, often depressed, 2in. diam., generally oblate, 

 not mammillate. 



Of the more commonly cultivated forms are : — 



Var. I. Aurantium proper. C. Aurantium, Linn, h.f.b.l, 

 i. 515 ; Eoxb. 590. The Sweet Orange. Petiole naked or winged, 

 pulp sweet, rind yellow, rarely red in India. 



Sans. : — Nagaranga. 



Vern. : — Narangi ; Santara (H.); Kamala nebu ; narangi (B.); 

 Suntala (Uriya) ; Narangi (Guz. and Mar) ; Kichilli ; chechu ; 

 colluiagie pull am (Tarn.); Ganjanimma ; naranga pandu (Tel.)/ 

 Kithaboippe (Kan.); Mahura-naranna (Mai.) 



Habitat : — Cultivated in India. 



Parts used : — The rind and flowers. 



Uses : — The dried outer portion of the rind of the fruit pos- 

 sesses stomachic and tonic properties. It is useful in atonic 

 dyspepsia, and general debility. * * The water distilled from 

 orange flowers is employed, in one or two fluid ounces, as an 

 antispasmodic and sedative in nervous and hysterical cases 

 (Ph. Ind.) 



The Mahomedan writers describe the rind and flowers as 

 hot and dry, the pulp cold and dry, and recommend the fruit in 

 colds and coughs, when febrile symptoms are present. The 

 juice is valuable in bilious affections, and stops bilious diarrhoea. 

 * * The peel is useful for checking vomiting, and the preven- 

 tion of intestinal worms. Orange poultice is recommended in 

 some skin affections, such as psoariasis, &c. Oranges are con- 

 sidered to be alexipharmic and disinfectant ; orange- water 

 stimulating and refreshing. The essence is extracted by oil 

 from the rind and flowers, and is used as a stimulating liniment 

 (Dymook.) 



