Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Shrub, Tree, Edible, Poisonous
Lifespan
Perennial, Woody
Flower
Flowers are white, 5-petaled, axillary, solitary in leaf axils, and aromatic.
Fruit
Fruits are modified berries (hesperidium), dull lemon-yellow like a small orange, fragrant when ripe, sour, many-seeded with thick peel and oil glands. The peel is also rough. Though sour, the juice can be used to flavor beverages. It can be used to make marmalade.
Bees
Butterflies
Order
Sapindales
Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Citrus
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