Editing Citron (section)

=== Antiquity ===
{{See also|Etrog#Historic cultivation areas}}
Leviticus mentions the "fruit of the beautiful ('hadar') tree" as being required for ritual use during the [[Feast of Tabernacles]] ([http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0323.htm Lev. 23:40]). According to Jewish Rabbinical tradition, the "fruit of the tree hadar" refers to the citron. [[Sukkah (Talmud)|Mishna Sukkah]], {{Circa|2nd century AD}}, deals with [[halakhic]] aspects of the citron.

[[file: Segment_of_synagogue_mosaic_floor_from_Tiberias_at_Eretz_Israel_Museum_in_Tel_Aviv.jpg|thumb|upright|Ancient mosaic of Tiberian Synagogue depicting citrons]]

The [[Egyptologist]] and [[archaeologist]] [[Victor Loret]] said he had identified it depicted on the walls of the [[Botanical garden of Thutmosis III|botanical garden]] at the [[Karnak Temple]], which dates back to the time of [[Thutmosis III]], approximately 3,500 years ago.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Scientific Committee, March 28, 1893: The Antiquity of the Citron in Egypt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21oCAAAAYAAJ&q=citron+persian+gulf&pg=RA3-PR20 |journal=Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society |volume=16|last1=Britain) |first1=Royal Horticultural Society (Great |year=1894 }}</ref> Citron was also cultivated in [[Sumer]] as early as the 3rd millennium BC.

The citron has been cultivated since ancient times, predating the cultivation of other citrus [[species]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ramón-Laca |first=L. |title=The Introduction of Cultivated Citrus to Europe via Northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula |journal=Economic Botany |date=Winter 2003 |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=502–514 |doi=10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0502:tiocct]2.0.co;2|s2cid=33447866 |doi-access=free }}</ref>