Citrus longispina
| Citrus longispina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. longispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrus longispina Wester | |
Citrus longispina (winged lime, blacktwig lime, or megacarpa papeda) is an unusual sweet lime-like citrus in Citrus subg. Papeda.
It is called Tai la mi san in Chinese, Taramisan in Japanese[1] and Tanisan or Talamisan in the Philippines.[2]
Description
Citrus longispina is a very beautiful citrus tree, which have striking colors, with a background of dark colored twigs and pale green leaves and pale yellow fruit. Twigs are unusually dark brown, almost black, hence the name "blacktwig". Tree can reach by eight feet, and have a spreading bushy appearance. Twigs long and bent down by heavy fruit load.[1]
Fruits come in heavy clusters and have a fair amount of natural sugar for its lime flavor. However it still lacks the tinge of acid of common citrus fruits, so some might find it insipid. Fruit shape is globose, about eight cm. in diameter. It has lots of long, big and strong thorns, as implicated from the botanical name, longi-spina.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Limes". free.fr.
- ↑ "Citrus longispina information from NPGS/GRIN". ars-grin.gov.
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