''Citrus latipes'', commonly called "Khasi papeda",
is sometimes mistakenly identified as Kaffir lime (''
C. hystrix'').
[ Native to ]Northeast India
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, the khasi papeda is a small, thorny tree that closely resembles both kaffir limes and ichang papedas ('' C. cavaleriei''). Though rarely eaten, and extremely rare in cultivation, the fruit is edible.
Medicinal uses
Fruits of ''C. latipes'' are used medicinally in Northeastern India
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"to treat stone problem" and are known locally as Heiribob.[Bhutani, K.K.; Goyal, A.; Singh, S. 2008. ''Herbal wealth of Northeast India: A pictorial and herbaria guide''. Department of Natural Products, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab, India.]
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latipes
''Latipes'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Latipes'' include:
* ''Latipes pterocaulis
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Medicinal plants of Asia
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