Lime Peel

 Citrus Medica Var. Acida

MEDICINAL VALUE :

 Lime oil have carcinogenic properties. Used as a body scrub and in cosmetics as a cleansing agent. Cure cough and cold.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :

 Used as a zest while baking certain dishes, to garnish salads, while cooking fish and meats, while boiing tea etc. lemon extracts are used in certain cosmetics.

GLOSSARY :

• English : Lime Peel
• Tamil : Elumicham Thol
• Malayalam : Cherunaranga Thondu
• Telugu : Nimma Thokku
• Kannada : Nimbe Sippai
• Hindi : Neebu Ka Chilka
• Bengali : Lebur Khosa
• Gujarati : Limbuni Chal
• Marathi : Limbsal
• Oriya : Lembri Chopa