Lemon (Citrus limon)
The Lemon is a small, thorny tree with juicy thick-shelled yellow fruit.
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Appearance
The Lemon is a small, thorny tree with juicy thick-shelled yellow fruit.
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Leaves
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Leaf upperside
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Leaf underside
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Flowers
Flowering period: V to IX. White ray-florets, 1-2 cm large, pink coloured when sprouting.
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Fruits
Luminous yellow, oblong berries with leathery shell. Ripen all the year round. The flesh is very juicy, pale yellow in colour. Taste: sour, acerbic, aromatic.
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Bark
Young bark is pale green, later olive coloured. The bark is bare, olive. The rough outer bark is pale grey. Longitudinally furrowed and thorny.
Application
Open country, open fields, public areas, parks, kitchen gardens, front gardens, container plants, crop plant
Native regions
Myanmar, China
Location parameters
Light: full sun to off-sun; soil: fresh to moist; soil structure: normal to loose; soil depth: medium to very deep; humus concentration: medium to high, pH value: moderately acid to neutral; nutrient concentration: normal to very high; soil: fresh to moist.
Demands
Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.
Hardiness
down to 0 C°
Growth
Height of growth: 3 to 7 m. Spread: 3 to 9 m. Tree or shrub with normal growth potential, loose, with open crown.
Leaves
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
Flowers
Flowering period: V to IX. White ray-florets, 1-2 cm large, pink coloured when sprouting.
Fruits
Luminous yellow, oblong berries with leathery shell. Ripen all the year round. The flesh is very juicy, pale yellow in colour. Taste: sour, acerbic, aromatic.
Bark
Young bark is pale green, later olive coloured. The bark is bare, olive. The rough outer bark is pale grey. Longitudinally furrowed and thorny.