Citrus limon, (L.) Burm. fil.
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2. C. limon (L.) Burm. fil. View in CoL , FI. Ind. 173 (1768)
(Lemon). Small tree. Twigs angled when young, soon rounded, glabrous, with stout axillary spines. Leaves broadly elliptical, acute, serrate or crenate. Petiole with narrow wing or merely margined, distinctly articulated with the lamina. Flowers solitary or in short, few-flowered racemes, hermaphrodite or functionally male; petals purplish-suffused on the outer surface. Stamens 25^40, coherent in groups. Fruit 6-5-12-5 cm, 8- to 10-locular, yellow when ripe, oblong or ovoid, with a broad, low, mamilliform process at apex; rind somewhat rough to almost smooth; pulp acid.
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Citrus limon
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
C. limon (L.)
| Burm. fil. 1768: 173 |