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Taxon:  Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis (Hoola van Nooten) Swingle



Summary
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
10748
Place of publication:
C. S. Sargent, Pl. wilson. 2:141. 1914
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Citrus medica L. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus medica L. var. ethrog Engl. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus medica L. var. medica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Citrus sarcodactylis Hoola van Nooten

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  9. Peng, C.-H. et al. 2009. Insulin secretagogue bioactivity of finger citron fruit (Citrus medica L. var. sarcadactylis Hort, Rutaceae). J. Agric. Food Chem. 57:8812-8819.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Singh, R. & N. Nath. 1969. Practical approach to the classification of Citrus. In: H. D. Chapman (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Citrus Symposium. 1:438.
  12. Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
  13. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:132-133.
Common names
English
Buddha's-Hand –
finger citron –
flesh-finger citron –
French
cédrat digité –
main de Bouddha –
sarcodactyle –
German
Buddhafinger –
gefingerte Zitrone –
Japanese Rōmaji
bushukan –
Swedish
fingercitron –
Transcribed Chinese
fo shou gan –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
6Other    possible origin India
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Other (possible origin India)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Human foodfruit Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Socialreligious/secular Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10748. Accessed 29 April 2025.