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Sweet Limetta

Synonyms

Alumia, Manao Wan, Marrakech, Mills, Millsweet, Mitha Nimbu, Mitha-tulia, Mithi Tulia, Sniff (sec. Cottin 2002)

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. [=C. x limon (L.) Osbeck, pro sp.] (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967); Citrus limetta Risso (sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002)

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous or pubescent; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent or straight; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length short; wings absent. Leaflets one, margin bluntly toothed or serrate/serrulate, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets spicy, peppery, or freshly lemon-like. Fruit broader than long, as broad as long, or longer than broad; rind green-yellow (6), yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), or orange (12); rind texture slightly rough (4-5) or medium rough (6-7), or rough (8); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange or yellow; taste acidic-sweet or sour.

References

Cottin, R. 2002. Citrus of the World: A citrus directory. Version 2.0. France: SRA INRA-CIRAD.

Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.

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Habit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Habit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
First year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)

First year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)
First year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)

First year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)
Second - third year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)

Second - third year twig (Milsweet, Riverside, CA)
Petiole (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Petiole (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Unifoliolate leaf (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Unifoliolate leaf (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Margin (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Margin (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Sun leaves (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Sun leaves (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Sun leaves (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Sun leaves (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Lindcove, CA)

Fruit (Lindcove, CA)
Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)
Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)

Fruit (Sniff, Riverside, CA)
Fruit cross-section (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)

Fruit cross-section (Millsweet, Riverside, CA)
Fruit cross-section (Lindcove, CA)

Fruit cross-section (Lindcove, CA)
Fruit cross-section (Sniff, Riverside, CA)

Fruit cross-section (Sniff, Riverside, CA)