Citrus garrawayi

Citrus garrawayi, the Mount White lime, is a tree native to the Cape York region of northern Queensland in Australia. It is an understory tree in tropical rainforests.[2]

Mount White lime
62. Citrus australis 63. Citrus australasiaca 64. Citrus inodora 65. Citrus garrawayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. garrawayi
Binomial name
Citrus garrawayi
Synonyms[1]
  • Microcitrus garrawayae (F.M.Bailey) Swingle
  • Citrus garrawayae (F.M.Bailey)

Citrus garrawayi is a shrub or small tree up to 15 m, with broad lanceolate leaves. Fruits are elongated, yellowish-green with green pulp. The fruits are edible but the species is rare and grows in an isolated location, so there has to date been no commercial use of the species.[3]

Main article: Citrus taxonomy § Australian and New Guinean species

The species is often included in the genus Microcitrus rather than in the genus Citrus.

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
  1. "Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.
  2. Frederick Manson Bailey. 1900. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15:491, Citrus garrawayi
  3. Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus garrawayae
  4. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.

"Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey". Atlas of Living Australia.


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