Mount_White_lime

<i>Citrus garrawayi</i>

Citrus garrawayi

Species of tree

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]

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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

References

  1. [1]
    "Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.
  2. [2]
    Frederick Manson Bailey. 1900. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15:491, Citrus garrawayi
  3. [3]
    Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus garrawayae
  4. [4]
    Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.

"Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey". Atlas of Living Australia.


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