4100.000 Citrus L.

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs, sometimes armed. Leaves alternate, 1-3-foliolate, sometimes with a winged rhachis. Flowers solitary or in clusters, bisexual, (4-)5-merous. Stamens numerous, arranged in bundles. Ovary (4-)5-many-locular; loculi 4-8-ovulate. Fruit large, spherical, ovoid or obovoid, many-seeded.

Worldwide: 20 species in S and SE Asia to E Australia

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Achaea catella (Banded achaea) Larval food plant
Ericeia inangulata (Sober Tabby) Larval food plant
Eudocima divitiosa (Spotless underwing) Larval foodplant
Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail) Larval foodplant
Thyas rubricata Larval foodplant
Citrus × limon

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
× aurantium L.E
× limon (L.) Burm. f.N,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Citrus:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Citrus
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Citrus
Flora of Mozambique: Citrus
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Citrus
Flora of Zambia: Citrus
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Citrus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Citrus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Citrus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Citrus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Citrus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Citrus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Citrus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Citrus
JSTOR Plant Science: Citrus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Citrus
Plants of the World Online: Citrus
Tropicos: Citrus
Wikipedia: Citrus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Citrus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=809, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 10:31pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use