Buddha's hand

Buddha's hand
Buddha's hand
Chinese name
Chinese	佛手柑
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	fóshǒugān
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	quả phật thủ
Korean name
Hangul	불수감
Hanja	佛手柑
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	bulsugam
Japanese name
Kanji	仏手柑
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	busshukan

Fingered citron
	Buddha's hand fruit, "open hand" appearance when ripe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. medica
Variety:	C. m. var. sarcodactylis
Binomial name
	Citrus × limon; (L.) Osbeck
Trinomial name
	Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis; (Hoola van Nooten) Swingle
Synonyms
	"Citrus medica" var. "sarcodactylis" (Hoola van Nooten) Swingle

Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, or the fingered citron, is an unusually-shaped citron variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections, resembling those seen on representations of the Buddha. It is called Buddha's hand in many languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and French.

The different cultivars and variations of this citron variety form a gradient from "open-hand" types with outward-splayed segments to "closed-hand" types, in which the fingers are kept together. There are also half-fingered fruits, in which the basal side is united and the apical side fingered. The origin of this kind of citron is commonly traced back to South or East Asia, probably northeastern India or China, where most domesticated citrus fruits originate.

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