Have you recently strolled down your grocery store's produce aisle and spotted a beautifully bizarre fruit that beckons with long, yellow fingers? This is the Buddha's hand citron, a distinctive ...

Or did it turn up in one of Scully and Mulder's X-Files? None of the above. It's a Buddha's hand or fingered citron, indigenous to the lower Himalayas. It is a traditional temple offering and New Year ...

Winter is citrus season, which means you find a lot more than plain oranges in your produce aisle. Meyer lemons, yuzu, satsuma mandarins, and more are gracing supermarkets this time of year. They’re ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Buddha's hand citron, also known as the fingered citron, is one of the oldest varieties of citrus. It looks like a lemon with long segments growing from it. Its name is ...

This weekend may be one of your last chances to hold a Buddha’s hand at a Santa Monica farmers market. Murray Family Farms is one of the few California cultivators of the Asian citron fruit, known for ...

Not all Halloween treats come in a candy wrapper. Some grow on trees. Think of the golden claws of Buddha’s hand, the lime-green pearls that burst from finger limes, and the jet-black skins of wild ...

Buddha’s hand is gnarled and ugly, with orange fingers crooking helter skelter in several directions. The smell is almost overpowering. You dizzily try to count the fingers, feeling bewildered and ...