| Citrus macrophylla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. macrophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrus macrophylla Wester | |
Citrus macrophylla, also known as alemow, is a citrus tree and fruit, belonging to the papedas.
The trees are short in stature, more tropical in nature than most citrus, and are very spiny.
Taxonomy
Alemow is rare and poorly studied, a likely hybrid between the citron and biasong (C. micrantha). The large fruits are considered inedible by local populations, though the plants are infrequently cultivated for medicinal and other uses. It has been tried in California as a possible rootstock for other citrus.
Notes
- "Citrus macrophylla". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Khan, Iqrar A. (2007). Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. CABI. p. 40. ISBN 978-0851990194.
- Levy, Y.; Lifshitz, J. (1995-02-01). "Alemow (Citrus macrophylla Wester.), compared with six other rootstocks for nucellar 'Minneola' tangelo (Citrus paradisi Macf. X Citrus reticulata Blanco)". Scientia Horticulturae. 61 (1): 131–137. doi:10.1016/0304-4238(94)00735-X.
References
- NRCC scientist Sonkar gets gold medal for work on Alemow
- Alemow Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine on Citrus Variety Collection website
- Alemow (Citrus macrophylla Wester) — a dwarfing ...
- Citrus ID
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Citrus macrophylla | |