The huge citrons have little fruit pulp and a thick peel (the white albedo), which is usually candied and added to bakery for seasoning. In addition to lemons, liqueur and marmalade are also made from the rind. Thinly sliced and placed in salt, sugar, pepper and olive oil, the fruit is processed into cedri-carpaccio in Sicily.

Because every plant part of Citrus medica smells and the shrub is rich in flowers and huge fruits at the same time, this plant has religious significance in several cultures: selected varieties and fruits as Etrog (Essrig) in Judaism, the grotesque variety of Buddha’s hand in Buddhism, the golden apples of the Hesperides of the ancient Greeks.

• Edible Fruit
• Type of fruit Hesperidium
• Culinary Group Citrus fruits Spices and flavours
• Taste sour aromatic
• Trivial names Zitronatzitrone, Cedrat, Zedrat, Cedrizitrone, Zedernfrucht, Cedernfrucht, Medischer Apfel, Apfel aus Medien, Judenapfel, Etrog, Essrig, Citron, Cedro, Cédrat, Cédratier, Turunj, Kabbad, Bushukan
• Size 22 cm
• Taxonomy Rutaceae (Rue family) Citrus medica 'Etrog'
• Origin South Asia (Map)
• Locality Palmengarten Frankfurt (FRP) 2016