Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Synonyms:
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Citrus abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. Citrus inaequalis (DC.) Benth.
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Common names:
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Lemon-tree (English)
Mundimu (Shona)
Muremani (Shona)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves simple (1-foliolate) with a winged petiole. Flowers bisexual, (4)5-merous), white with numerous stamens. Fruit ovoid, many-seeded, fleshy with a thick slightly warty skin, green to yellow when ripe (the well-known lemon). |
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Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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A regular, non-invasive escape along forest margins and in riverine fringes. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
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Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
Worldwide distribution:
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Native to Asia and widely cultivated as a fruit tree and occasionally naturalized. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,E,S |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda (Food plant) Papilio demodocus demodocus (Food plant) Papilio dardanus cenea (Food plant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Tuesday 9 January 2007 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 75.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Citrus limon. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133240, retrieved 17 January 2021
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