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(Last Modified On 8/12/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/12/2013)
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Species
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Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. Ind. 173. 1768.
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Synonym
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Citrus medica var. limon L., Sp. PI. 782. 1753. TYPE: (LINN, not seen).
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Description
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Small trees to ca. 6 m high, heavily armed with numerous axillary spines 5-27 mm long. Leaflets elliptic to oval, obtuse to retuse and abruptly acuminate apically, broadly cuneate basally, the margins crenulate and somewhat revolute, 43-115 mm long, 17-60 mm wide; petioles narrowly margined, but not winged, 5-7 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, articulated with the leaflet. Flowers not seen in the Panamanian specimen. Fruits at maturity ovoid, mammillate apically, light yellow, 5-10 cm long, acid, the peel not easily separating from the segments.
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Habit
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trees
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Distribution
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The lemon apparently is native to northeastern India, northern Burma, and southern China. Citrus limon was introduced into the New World by Columbus in 1498. It is grown commercially in Chiriqui.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Cultivated, Barro Colorado Island, Croat 10134, 10767 (both MO); Shat- tuck 86, 719 (both MO).
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