Kingdom:
Phylum:
Angiosperms
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Genus:
Species:
aurantium
ID:
608577

Status:
valid

Authors:
L.

Source:
cmp

Year:
1753

Citation Micro:
Sp. Pl. : 783 (1753)

WFO Identifier:
wfo-0000607909

Common Names

  • Aurantium citrus
  • Citrus aurantium
  • Citrus aurantium var. aurantium

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Synonyms

  • Aurantium acre Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium bigarella Poit. & Turpin [unknown]
  • Aurantium corniculatum Poit. & Turpin [unknown]
  • Aurantium coronatum Poit. & Turpin [unknown]
  • Aurantium humile Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium myrtifolium Descourt. [unknown]
  • Aurantium orientale Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium silvestre Pritz. [unknown]
  • Aurantium sinense Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium variegatum hort. ex Barb.Rodr. [unknown]
  • Citrus amara Link [unknown]
  • Citrus anonyma Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium amara (Link) Engl. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium bigaradia (Loisel.) Brandis [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium intermedia (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium limetta Guillaumin [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium myrtifolia Ker Gawl. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium natsudaidai (Tanaka) M.Hiroe [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium sanguinea Engl. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium sinensis L. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium sinensis (L.) Engl. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium suntra Engl. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium tachibana Makino [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium natsudaidai Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus benikoji Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus bigaradia Loisel. [unknown]
  • Citrus bigaradia cyathifera Risso & Poit. [unknown]
  • Citrus calot Lag. [unknown]
  • Citrus canaliculata Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus changshan-huyou Y.B.Chang [unknown]
  • Citrus communis Poit. & Turpin [unknown]
  • Citrus crenatifolia lycopersiciformis Lush. [unknown]
  • Citrus daidai Siebold & Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus decumana paradisi (Macfad.) H.H.A.Nicholls [unknown]
  • Citrus dulcimedulla Pritz. [unknown]
  • Citrus dulcis Pers. [unknown]
  • Citrus florida Salisb. [unknown]
  • Citrus funadoko Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus fusca Lour. [unknown]
  • Citrus glaberrima Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis dulcis Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis benikawa Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis glaberrima (hort. ex Tanaka) Karaya [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis kotokan (Hayata) Karaya [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis natsudaidai (Tanaka) Karaya [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis racemosa (Roem.) B.C.Stone [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis sulcata (Ik.Takah.) Karaya [unknown]
  • Citrus grandis tengu (Yu.Tanaka) Karaya [unknown]
  • Citrus humilis Poir. [unknown]
  • Citrus intermedia Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus iwaikan Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus iyo Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus karna Raf. [unknown]
  • Citrus keraji Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus kotokan Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus leiocarpa tumida Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus maderaspatana hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus maxima uvacarpa Merr. [unknown]
  • Citrus medica tamurana (Tanaka) M.Hiroe [unknown]
  • Citrus medioglobosa Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus mitsuharu Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus myrtifolia (Ker Gawl.) Raf. [unknown]
  • Citrus natsudaidai (Yu.Tanaka) Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) Swingle [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis genshokan Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis koozi Sieb. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis ponki Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis poonensis Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis rubrifrons Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis subcompressa Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis sunki Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis tumida (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [unknown]
  • Citrus omikanto Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus oto hort. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus pseudogulgul Shirai [unknown]
  • Citrus pseudoparadisi hort. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus racemosa Marcow. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus reshni (Engl.) Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata Blanco [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata austera Swingle [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata deliciosa (Ten.) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata tachibana (Tanaka) D.Rivera & al. [unknown]
  • Citrus rokugatsu Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus rumphii Risso [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon banyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon hakunikuyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon jiyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon mitsuyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon sekitoyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sabon soyu Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis crassa (Risso) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis fetifera (Risso) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis hierochuntica (Risso) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis lusitanica (Risso) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus sinograndis Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus subcompressa (Tanaka) Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus suhuiensis Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus sulcata Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus taiwanica Yu.Tanaka & Shimada [unknown]
  • Citrus tangelo J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore [unknown]
  • Citrus tangerina Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus tankan koshotankan Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus tarogayo hort. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus tengu Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus tosa-asahi Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus truncata Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus ujukitsu hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus yatsushiro Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus yuge-hyokan Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium voangkely H.Perrier [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis sekkan Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus tankan haili Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium natsudaidai (Yu.Tanaka) Makino & Nemoto [unknown]
  • Citrus koozi (Sieb. ex Yu.Tanaka) Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis papillaris (Blanco) Wester [unknown]
  • Citrus papillaris chrysocarpa (Lush.) Alston [unknown]
  • Citrus truncata hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata chrysocarpa (Lush.) Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus tosa-asahi hort. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus omikanto hort. ex Yu.Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium voangkely H.Perrier [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium amara L. [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis Lour. [unknown]
  • Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) Swingle [unknown]
  • Citrus reshni hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus kotokan Hayata [unknown]
  • Citrus paradisi Macfad. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium tachibana Makino [unknown]
  • Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [unknown]
  • Citrus calot Lag. [unknown]
  • Citrus keraji hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium bigaradia Hook.f. [unknown]
  • Citrus leiocarpa hort. ex Tanaka [unknown]
  • Citrus madurensis deliciosa (Ten.) Sagot [unknown]
  • Citrus vangasy Bojer [unknown]
  • Citrus reticulata deliciosa (Ten.) Rivera, et al. [deprecated]
  • Citrus reticulata unshiu (Marcov.) Rivera, et al. [deprecated]
  • Citrus reticulata tachibana (Tanaka) D.Rivera, Obón, S.Ríos, Selma, F.Méndez, Verde & F.Cano [unknown]
  • Citrus succosa Tanaka [deprecated]
  • Aurantium corniculatum Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium distortum Mill. [unknown]
  • Aurantium vulgaris M.Gómez [unknown]
  • Citrus humilis (Mill.) Poir. [unknown]
  • Citrus taiwanica Tanaka & Shimada [deprecated]
  • Citrus bigaradia Loisel. [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium suntra Engl. [unknown]
  • Citrus pomelana Van Deman [unknown]
  • Citrus aurantium anonyma (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium banyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium benikawa (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium cyathifera (Risso & Poit.) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium dulcis (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium hakunikuyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium iyo (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium jiyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium omikanto (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium sekitoyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium sinograndis (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium sulcata (Ik.Takah.) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium tosa-asahi (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium truncata (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus aurantium yuge-hyokan (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis funadoko (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis iwaikan (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis jyuma-unshu M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis keraji (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis kotokan (Hayata) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis pseudograndis (hort. ex Shirai) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis reticulata (Blanco) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis yatsushiro (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe [deprecated]
  • Citrus nobilis yonezawa-unshu M.Hiroe [deprecated]

Description

Citrus aurantium (also called bitter orange, among many other common names) is a species of citrus native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas.

Uses & Benefits

Citrus aurantium is used for its essential oils which are used in aromatherapy, perfumes, and cosmetics. The fruit is also used in traditional medicine to treat digestive disorders, fever, and headaches.

Flower, Seeds and Seedlings

Citrus aurantium has white flowers with five petals and yellow anthers. The seeds are small, round and black. The seedlings are dark green with round, serrated leaves.

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Cultivation and Propagation

Citrus aurantium is a slow-growing, evergreen tree that can be propagated from seed or cuttings. It prefers full sun and well-draining soil. Water regularly, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.

Where to Find Citrus aurantium

Citrus aurantium is native to southern Europe and northern Africa.

Citrus aurantium FAQ

What is the scientific name of Citrus aurantium?

Citrus aurantium

What is the common name of Citrus aurantium?

Bitter Orange

What is the natural habitat of Citrus aurantium?

Tropical and subtropical forests

Species in the Rutaceae family

Acmadenia alternifolia, Acmadenia argillophila, Acmadenia baileyensis, Acmadenia bodkinii, Acmadenia burchellii, Acmadenia candida, Acmadenia densifolia, Acmadenia faucitincta, Acmadenia flaccida, Acmadenia fruticosa, Acmadenia gracilis, Acmadenia heterophylla, Acmadenia kiwanensis, Acmadenia latifolia, Acmadenia laxa, Acmadenia macradenia, Acmadenia macropetala, Acmadenia maculata, Acmadenia matroosbergensis, Acmadenia mundiana, Acmadenia nivea, Acmadenia nivenii, Acmadenia obtusata, Acmadenia patentifolia, Acmadenia rourkeana, Acmadenia rupicola, Acmadenia sheilae, Acmadenia tenax, Acmadenia teretifolia, Acmadenia tetracarpellata, Acmadenia tetragona, Acmadenia trigona, Acmadenia tenax, Acmadenia argillophila, Acmadenia macradenia, Acmadenia teretifolia, Acmadenia wittebergensis, Acradenia euodiiformis, Acradenia frankliniae, Acronychia richards-beehleri, Acronychia aberrans, Acronychia acidula, Acronychia acronychioides, Acronychia acuminata, Acronychia arfakensis, Acronychia baeuerlenii, Acronychia brassii, Acronychia carrii, Acronychia cartilaginea, Acronychia chooreechillum,

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