Citrus garrawayi, the Mount White lime, is a tree native to the Cape York region of northern Queensland in Australia. It is an understory tree in tropical rainforests.[2]
Mount White lime | |
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62. Citrus australis 63. Citrus australasiaca 64. Citrus inodora 65. Citrus garrawayi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Citrus |
Species: | C. garrawayi
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Binomial name | |
Citrus garrawayi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Citrus garrawayi is a shrub or small tree up to 15 m (49 ft), with broad lanceolate leaves. Fruits are elongated, yellowish-green with green pulp. The fruits are edible but the species is rare and grows in an isolated location, so there has to date been no commercial use of it.[3]
The species is often included in the genus Microcitrus rather than in the genus Citrus.
Australian limes |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.
- ^ Frederick Manson Bailey. 1900. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15:491, Citrus garrawayi
- ^ Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus garrawayae
- ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
External links
edit"Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey". Atlas of Living Australia.