Tree
Sweet Limon
Citrus limetta Risso
Mediterranean (cultivated)
Fun factSweet lemons look almost identical to the sour Marrakech limonette but taste sweet simply because their juice contains very little acid.
A vigorous, lemon-like citrus tree whose leaves are more oval, round-tipped and cupped than a true lemon's, with faintly purple new growth and blossom. The medium-sized round fruits have a flattened blossom end with a prominent nipple, a bumpy yellow-orange rind and pale yellow, low-seeded flesh whose juice is sweet rather than sour because of its very low acidity. It flowers and fruits year-round, and the fruit holds well on the tree.
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FamilyRutaceae
Spanish nameLimón dulce
Also known asSweet lime, Sweet lemon, Limetta, Citrus Tree - Sweet Limon, Limón dulce
Native toA cultivated citrus of unknown parentage; the sweet lemon type is thought to have Mediterranean origins and was grown at the San Gabriel Mission in California by 1822
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