Imperial lemon

Fruit

Imperial Lemon
An Imperial lemon tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Genus:
Citrus
Species:
C.limon ×C.paradisi
Binomial name
Citrus limon × Citrus paradisi
(L.) Burm.f.

The Imperial lemon is thought to be a lemon and grapefruit hybrid.[citation needed] Its fruit is slightly larger than a lemon and has a more rounded shape.[1]

References

  1. ^ Colin Macfarquhar; George Gleig (1797). Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar. p. 29. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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