Chen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Tree (mù)
Yuan
Kangxi strokes: 19
Page 560, Entry 29
Pronounced yuan (level tone)
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Citron (gouyuan). The peel can be used to make brushes. Found in Jiaozhi.
Also, in the Encyclopedia of Antiquities (Piya): A fruit name, similar to a tangerine.
In the Plants and Trees of the South (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang): Citron. The flesh of the fruit is very thick and white, like a radish. Needleworkers compete to carve flowers and grasses into it, soaking them in honey. Also known as fragrant citron (xiangyuan).
In the Record of Strange Things (Yiwuzhi): The taste is not pleasant; it can be used to wash linen and ramie cloth.
In the Garden Manual Miscellany (Xuepu Yushu): The flowers of the fragrant citron are more intensely fragrant than sweetleaf (shanfan). The fruit is large and aromatic.