Editing Citron (section)

=== Plant ===
[[File:Citron Balady Etrog Simanim.jpg|thumb|A pure citron of any kind has a large portion of [[Fruit anatomy#Mesocarp|albedo]], which is important for the production of [[succade]].]]

''Citrus medica'' is a slow-growing [[shrub]] or small tree that reaches a height of about {{convert|8|to|15|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}. It has irregular straggling branches and stiff twigs and long [[spine (botany)|spines]] at the [[leaf]] [[axil]]s. The evergreen leaves are green and lemon-scented with slightly serrate edges, ovate-lanceolate or ovate elliptic 2.5 to 7.0&nbsp;inches long. [[Petiole (botany)|Petioles]] are usually wingless or with minor wings. The clustered flowers of the acidic varieties are purplish tinted from outside, but the sweet ones are white-yellowish.
{{Citron varieties}}

The citron tree is very vigorous with almost no dormancy, blooming several times a year, and is therefore fragile and extremely sensitive to frost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#acid |title=Website Disabled |publisher=University of California, Riverside |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308005736/http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#acid |archive-date=2008-03-08 }}</ref>