Lemon
Citrus limon · Rutaceae · 레몬
Look
- Leaves
- Ovate fragrant leaves with blunt-toothed to smooth margins; new leaves are reddish before maturing to dark green.
- Flowers
- White (purplish outside) star-shaped flowers with 4 to 5 petals are lightly fragrant and bloom through spring, summer, fall and winter.
- Fruit
- The fruit is a berry (citrus fruit), golden yellow, oval, over 7.6 cm long and 2.5 to 7.6 cm wide, strongly scented and edible.
- Bark
- Bark is dark brown, and twigs usually have sharp thorns.
Where it grows
- Native to
- One study suggests it may have originated in northern India.