Citrus australis

Citrus australis, the Dooja, round lime, Australian lime or Australian round lime, is a large shrub or small tree producing an edible fruit. It grows in forest margins in the Beenleigh area and northwards, in Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Australian round lime
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. australis
Binomial name
Citrus australis Planch.

Citrus australis is a tree up to 20 m tall. Fruits are spherical or slightly pear-shaped, 25–50 mm across, with a thick green or yellow skin and pale green pulp.[3] The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that "The fruit, which is an inch and a-half in diameter and almost globular, yields an agreeable beverage from its acid juice."[4]

Australian limes	former Eremocitrus Citrus glauca   former Microcitrus   Citrus warburgiana         Citrus inodora     Citrus maideniana         Citrus garrawayi     Citrus australasica       Citrus australis

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References

Media related to Citrus australis at Wikimedia Commons

1. Planchon, Jules Émile. 1858. Hortus Donatensis 18, Citrus australis
2. "Citrus australis (RUTACEAE) Native lime, Round lime". Save our Waterways Now. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
3. Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus australis
4. J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.
5. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.

External links

• "Citrus australis (A.Cunn. ex Mudie) Planch". Atlas of Living Australia.