Citrus Medica, citron,
Etrog, عورزم نوميل, אֶתְרוֹג
The official citron for use in the Feast of the Tabernacles ritual.
"On the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees,
branches of palm trees, boughs of leavy trees, and willows of the brook."
Levitivus 23:40
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| | Scientific name: |
| Citrus medica L. |
| Common name: |
| Citron |
| Hebrew name: |
| אתרוג |
| Arabic name: |
| عورزم نوميل, Leimoon-Mazroo'a |
| Family: |
| Rutaceae, פיגמיים |
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2006
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| | Life form: |
| Tree |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
| White inside, purplish outside |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, September, October |
| Habitat: |
| Light soils |
| Distribution: |
| Cultivated |
| Chorotype: |
| Origin is unknown |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: September 24, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Citrus, Latin name for some fruit, which includes oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruit.
medica, healing, curative; medicinal.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The origin of the citron is unknown, but it was the first cultivated citrus fruit, with records dating back to 4000 BCE.
It was a common fruit in the Mediterranean region at the time of the Bible and it is mentioned only once, as one of the four species used in a waving ritual during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. Leviticus 23:40 refers to the etrog as pri etz hadar (פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר), which literally means, "a fruit of the beautiful tree." The other species are the lulav (date palm frond), hadass (myrtle bough), and aravah (willow branch).
Date Picture Taken: September 24, 2007
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