All About The Calamondin Plant

Posted by US Citrus on March 29th, 2019

Nature is the source of all creation. It has rightly gained the name “Mother Nature”, since it is rightly the birth giver of all things living and nonliving. Man has been placed at the top of all other forms and species of life which lends a lot of power in our hands. Man, over the years of survival on this planet, took to eating different things as food. Animals and trees, fruits and flesh became man’s food. The Calamondin Plant is one such offering of nature to us that has proved to be a boon for mankind among all the other tress and fruits.

What is a Calamondin Plant?

Calamondin Plants yield small orange like fruits called the Calamondin. The fruit looks more like a miniature Orange and tastes like a toned- down or lightened Lemon. The plant is native to south china, Philippines.

The Calamondin takes about a whole year to grow ripe in order to be ready to be eaten. People of the native places of the fruit such as Philippines use the fruit to make a myriad of juices, drinks, dishes and desserts. This is what makes for the rising popularity of the Calamondin fruit all around places.

There have been opened several restaurants catering the recipes made from the Calamondin Plant. Such restaurants are responsible for making the true taste of the miniature fruit to the foreign tourists and visitors.

Following are few significant uses of the Calamondin plant:-

Aesthetics: - Calamondin Plants make for an all year blooming plant. This sets it apart from others as it can provide one with a whole year of beauty by the sight of blooming fruits as well as the mesmerizing fragrance let out by it. Thus, Calamondin plant can be used to fulfill the aesthetics of your place.

 Food additive: - The acidic properties that the Calamondin fruit make it suitable for the purpose of a food additive. To add taste to a number of dishes and recipes, the Calamondin plant makes the perfect choice. Fish, soup, preserves, and sauces make for the top food for the taste of which the Calamondin plant is used as a preservative. This is another significant trait of the Calamondin plant that counts for its popularity and the love that people have for it.

 Medical properties: - There are a lot many medicinal uses of the Calamondin plant. For instance, it can be used over insect bites as it can reduce the inflammation and can even reduce the effects of the bite. Moreover, Calamondin plant has been found to have medicinal effect on the acne, and can also be consumed orally as a treatment of cough. It can also be used for the ailment of constipation after warming the juice of the fruit with hot water.

The above given are a few uses of the Calamondin plant. After having discussed in detail the realm and the charms of the Calamondin plant, its popularity becomes comprehensible. The desire to taste the fruit from Philippines is but natural to arise in your heart.

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