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 Buddha.It is called Buddha's hand.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.Budhashand fruit plants in Keralais now available in our farms.