Description:
Evergreen shrubs or small trees, sometimes with spines beside buds. Leaves alternate, simple, thick and leathery; petioles winged and usually jointed at junction with blades. Flowers bisexual or male, solitary or in racemes. Petals 4, or 5, white, sometimes reflexed. Stamens 20-40, at least 4 times as many as petals, joined in groups. Fruit a segmented, aromatic, gland-dotted berry with a thick leathery rind and a pulp of small juicy sacs.
Distribution:
Sthn trop. Afr. 2: *Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. and *C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck have become naturalised in eastern Zimbabwe.
Source:
SSTA
Classification:
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