Citrus inodora
F.M.Bailey
Rutaceae
Citrus maideniana Domin
Microcitrus inodora (F.M.Bailey) Swingle
Microcitrus maideniana (Domin) Swingle
Pleurocitrus inodora (F.M.Bailey) Tanaka
Common Name: North Queensland Lime
General Information
Citrus inodora is a spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree usually growing around 2 - 4 metres tall with the bole 4 - 5cm in diameter[
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- University of California Riverside. Citrus Variety Collection
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- http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/alphabetical.html
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- A series of fact sheets about various Citrus species and related species, plus varieties. Good photographs, some helpful information on uses.
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The edible fruit is sometimes gathered from the wild and used locally.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Australia - Queensland.
Habitat
Wet, lowland rainforest[
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- Trade Winds Fruit
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- http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
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- The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
]. An understorey plant in undisturbed well developed lowland rain forest; at elevations up to 120 metres[
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- Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
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- http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html
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- An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
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Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Shrub |
| Height | 3.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A plant of the lowland, wet tropics. It grows in areas where the mean annual rainfall is 4,250mm[
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- University of California Riverside. Citrus Variety Collection
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- http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/alphabetical.html
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- A series of fact sheets about various Citrus species and related species, plus varieties. Good photographs, some helpful information on uses.
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Succeeds in poor soils[
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- Trade Winds Fruit
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- http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
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- The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
]. Established plants are drought tolerant[
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- Trade Winds Fruit
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- http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
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- The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
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Plants usually commence flowering and setting fruit when around 1 - 3 metres tall[
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- Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
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- http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html
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- An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
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Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
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- Trade Winds Fruit
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- http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
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- The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
]. It can be used in the same ways as limes[
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- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
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- Uphof. J. C. Th.
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- Weinheim
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- 1959
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- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. The ellipsoid fruit is around 35 - 40mm long and 25mm in diameter[
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- Trade Winds Fruit
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- http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
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- The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
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- Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
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- http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html
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- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
