Immature bitter orange extract of rutaceae plants lime Citrus aurantium l. and its cultivar or orange Citrus sinensis Osbeck of dry and young fruit.
May and June collection since the fall of the fruit, remove impurities, dry or low temperature drying after the extract.
This product is hemispherical, 3 ~ 5 cm in diameter.
Exocarp brown or tan, granular protrusions, swelled with concave dot at the top of the oil chamber;
Have clear style remnants or stem scar.
Section whose pericarp yellow-white, smooth and slightly uplift, 0.4 ~ 1.3 cm thick, the edge has 1 ~ 2 column oil chamber.
Qualitative hard and not easily broken.
7 ~ 12 disc flesh capsule, a few to 15 disc, dry shrinkage of juice sac showed brown to tan, hidden inside seeds.
Delicate fragrance and bitter taste, slightly acidic.
May and June collection since the fall of the fruit, remove impurities, dry or low temperature drying after the extract.
Is better to qualitative hard, fragrance thick.