Specimen with fruit photographed at Adelaide Botanic Gardens in South Australia, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Genus:
Citrus
Species:
C. inodora
Binomial name
Citrus inodora
F.M. Bailey
Synonyms[1]
Citrus maideniana Domin
Microcitrus inodora (F.M.Bailey) Swingle
Microcitrus maideniana (Domin) Swingle
Pleurocitrus inodora (F.M.Bailey) Tanaka
Citrus inodora or Microcitrus inodora, commonly known as Russell River lime or large leaf Australian wild lime,[2][3] is a tree native to the Bellenden-Ker Range in northern Queensland, Australia.
It grows in lowland tropical rainforest. Much of its native habitat has now been cleared for agricultural use, so the species has become quite rare. There has to date been no commercial use of the fruits.[4]
Citrus inodora is a shrub up to 4 m (13 ft) tall. The fruit is egg-shaped and yellowish-green. Leaves and flowers are essentially odourless, lacking the aromatic oils characteristic of the genus.[4][5]
^"Citrus inodora F.M.Bailey". The Plant List.
^"Sorting Microcitrus names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
^F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Citrus inodora". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ ab"Native varieties from Australia and New Guinea Citrus inodora". Citrus pages. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^Frederick Manson Bailey (1889) "Citrus inodora", Botany of the Bellenden-Ker Expedition, Reports on New Plants 1.
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