Taxon: Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.

Common names:

• lemon   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• limum   (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• li meng   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ning meng   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• citronnier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• limonier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Zitrone   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• limone   (Source: HerbSpices 2:212.) – Italian
  
• limão   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Portuguese
  
• limoeiro azedo   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Portuguese
  
• limão-eureka   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limão-gênova   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limão-siciliano   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limão-verdadeiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limoeiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limón   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• limonero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: emulsifier; flavoring; gelling agent   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Human food: beverage base; fruit   (fide Wealth India RM 2:190. 1950)
  
• Materials: essential oils; gum/resin; lipids   (source of neroli citronier used in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn; Flower Oils; Mansf Ency)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• widely cultivated in tropics & subtropics

• origin unknown

References:

• Agroforestry.net. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry - on-line resource. (Trad Tree Init)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1950. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. (Wealth India RM) 2:190.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf) [= C. limonia Osbeck].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7:169. [lists as C. ×limon (L.) Osbeck].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. (CultTropS)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Scora, R. W. 1975. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 102:369–375.
• Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. (Bot Citrus)
• Tanaka, T. 1954. Revisio aurantaiacearum. 9:114.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Citrus limonum Risso
  (previously associated with 26 accessions)
• (≡) Citrus medica var. limon L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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