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The lemon (Citrus × limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the Citrus genus of the flowering plant family Rutaceae. The lemon is a hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange . Its origins are uncertain, but some evidence suggests lemons originated during the 1st millennium BC in what is now northeastern India .
Citrus limetta (C. medica × C. × aurantium) Citrus limetta, alternatively considered to be a cultivar of Citrus limon, C. limon 'Limetta', is a species of citrus, commonly known as mousami, musami, sweet lime, sweet lemon, and sweet limetta, it is a member of the sweet lemons. It is small and round like a common lime in shape.
Rangpur, Citrus × limonia or Citrus reticulata × medica, sometimes called the rangpur lime, mandarin lime or lemandarin, is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the citron. It is a citrus fruit with a very acidic taste and an orange peel and flesh.
The sour orange (Citrus x aurantium) derives from a direct cross between a pure mandarin and a pomelo [11] Lemon (Citrus x limon), a sour orange × citron hybrid. [15] Lime (Citrus x latifolia), a lemon × Key lime cross [15] Bergamot orange (Citrus x bergamia), a lemon × sour orange backcross [15]
Volkamer lemon (Citrus volkameriana), often misspelled Volckamer lemon, is known as 沃 尔卡默柠檬 (wo er ka mo ning meng) in Chinese, citron de Volkamer in French, limone Volkameriano in Italian, and chanh Volkamer in Vietnamese. [1] It is a Citrus hybrid cultivated for its edible fruit.
The oroblanco is a triploid citrus hybrid, resulting from a cross between an acidless pomelo (C. grandis Osbeck) [1] and the Marsh grapefruit [2] (C. paradisi Macf.). [1] Its fruit is seedless with pale yellow flesh [3] [4] and is slightly less juicy than other grapefruits, [2] [5] though it does have a juice content of roughly thirty percent. [6]
The Ponderosa lemon (Citrus limon × medica) and Florentine citron (Citrus × limonimedica) are both true lemon/citron hybrids, the Bergamot orange is a sweet orange/lemon hybrid and the Oroblanco is a grapefruit/pomelo mix, while tangelos are tangerine (mandarin)/pomelo or mandarin/grapefruit hybrids, orangelos result from grapefruit ...