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BUDDHA HANDS FRUIT

CITRUS MEDICA VAR. SARCODACTYLUS

THIS LEMON LIKE CITRON (CITRUS MEDICA VAR. SARCODACTYLUS) IS NOT USUALLY EATEN FRESH, (ALTHOUGH THE RIND MAY BE CANDIED AND IS SOMETIMES USED FOR ZEST), BUT IT’S FRAGRANT AND SAID TO HAVE SOME MEDICAL QUALITIES. IT IS SAID THAT THE FRAGRANCE OF A SINGLE

THE FRUIT IS SEGMENTED INTO FINGER-LIKE SECTIONS, RESEMBLING A HUMAN HAND, BUT THE DIFFERENT CULTIVARS AND VARIATIONS OF THIS CITRON VARIETY FORM A GRADIENT FROM “OPEN-HAND” TYPES WITH OUTWARD-SPLAYED SEGMENTS TO “CLOSED-HAND” TYPES, IN WHICH THE FINGERS ARE KEPT TOGETHER, ALSO, THERE ARE HALF-FINGERED FRUITS, IN WHICH THE BASAL SIDE IS UNITED AND THE APICAL SIDE FINGERED.