Citrus australis

Australian Round Lime
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: C. australis
Binomial name
Citrus australis

Round lime (Citrus australis), also known as Australian lime or Australian round lime, is a large shrub or small tree producing an edible fruit. It grows in forest margins in the Beenleigh area and northwards, in Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Citrus australis is a tree up to 20 m tall. Fruits are spherical or slightly pear-shaped, 25–50 mm across, with a thick green or yellow skin and pale green pulp.[3] The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that "The fruit, which is an inch and a-half in diameter and almost globular, yields an agreeable beverage from its acid juice."[4]

Australian limes

former Eremocitrus

Citrus glauca

 
former Microcitrus

 

Citrus warburgiana

 
 

 

 

Citrus inodora

 
 

Citrus maideniana

 
 
 

 

Citrus garrawayi

 
 

Citrus australasica

 
 
 

Citrus australis

 
 
 
 

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References

Media related to Citrus australis at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ↑ Planchon, Jules Émile. 1858. Hortus Donatensis 18, Citrus australis
  2. ↑ "Citrus australis (RUTACEAE) Native lime, Round lime". Save our Waterways Now. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  3. ↑ Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus australis
  4. ↑ J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  • "Citrus australis (A.Cunn. ex Mudie) Planch". Atlas of Living Australia.


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