Citrus assamensis

Citrus assamensis
Fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. assamensis
Binomial name
Citrus assamensis R.M.Dutta & Bhattacharya

Citrus assamensis, the adajamir or ginger lime, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to Assam and Bangladesh. It is mainly cultivated in the Sylhet Region.^[1] It is locally cultivated for its fruit, which give a very sour juice with an aroma reminiscent of ginger or eucalyptus.^[2][3]

Culinary use

In the Sylhet Region the fruit is used to make tenga/khatta, and is known as adalebur tenga/khatta. Adajamiror khatta is normally cooked with fish.^{[citation needed]}

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