Scientific Name: Citrus limon

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  • Pronunciation:
    SIT-rus LEE-mon
  • Common Name:
    Bush Lemon
  • Type:
    small tree
  • Family:
    RUTACEAE
  • Status:
    weed
  • Flowers:
    white, solitary or in axillary clusters
  • Fruit:
    ellipsoid with apical nipple, 5-8 cm long, thick,rough, gland-dotted skin
  • Vegetation Type:
    naturalised in wetter areas or fringing rainforest
  • Species List:
    Heritage Park, Fraser Island, Mill Point,
Cultural Notes

Native of tropical Asia

Identification Notes

stiff stout thorns 0.5-2 cm long, petioles margined but not winged