Lemon (Citrus limon)
The Lemon is a small, thorny tree with juicy thick-shelled yellow fruit.
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Erscheinungsbild
The Lemon is a small, thorny tree with juicy thick-shelled yellow fruit.
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Blätter
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Blatt Oberseite
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Blatt Unterseite
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
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Blüten
Flowering period: V to IX. White ray-florets, 1-2 cm large, pink coloured when sprouting.
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Früchte
Luminous yellow, oblong berries with leathery shell. Ripen all the year round. The flesh is very juicy, pale yellow in colour. Taste: sour, acerbic, aromatic.
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Rinde
Young bark is pale green, later olive coloured. The bark is bare, olive. The rough outer bark is pale grey. Longitudinally furrowed and thorny.
Anwendung
Open country, open fields, public areas, parks, kitchen gardens, front gardens, container plants, crop plant
Heimatgebiete
Myanmar, China
Standortparameter
Light: full sun to off-sun; soil: fresh to moist; soil structure: normal to loose; soil depth: medium to very deep; humus concentration: medium to high, pH value: moderately acid to neutral; nutrient concentration: normal to very high; soil: fresh to moist.
Ansprüche
Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.
Frosthärte
down to 0 C°
unknown
Height of growth: 3 to 7 m. Spread: 3 to 9 m. Tree or shrub with normal growth potential, loose, with open crown.
Blätter
Evergreen, elliptic or ovate, 10 to 20 cm long leaves. Alternate. Finely serrated margin.
Blüten
Flowering period: V to IX. White ray-florets, 1-2 cm large, pink coloured when sprouting.
Früchte
Luminous yellow, oblong berries with leathery shell. Ripen all the year round. The flesh is very juicy, pale yellow in colour. Taste: sour, acerbic, aromatic.
Rinde
Young bark is pale green, later olive coloured. The bark is bare, olive. The rough outer bark is pale grey. Longitudinally furrowed and thorny.