Citrus inodora

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Citrus inodora
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Specimen with fruit photographed at Adelaide Botanic Gardens in South Australia, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. inodora
Binomial name
Citrus inodora
Synonyms [1]
  • Citrus maidenianaDomin
  • 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.

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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]

Phenology

Flowering occurs from August to November with fruiting observed in January, March and June. [6]

Distribution and Habitat

Citrus inodora is only known to occur in lowland tropical rainforest and in Backhousia bancroftii forest as an understorey plant at elevations from sea level to 120m on the eastern side of Bellenden Ker Range to Mount Bartle Frere area, and at Cape Tribulation. [7]

Much of its native range has now been cleared for agricultural use including banana and sugar cane plantations. [4] [6]

Varieties

Citrus maideniana, also known as Microcitrus maideniana, Citrus inodoravar.maideniana, and Maiden's Australian lime, is sometimes considered a variety or subspecies of Citrus inodora. The two have similar distributions and the deeply depressed apex of the fruit of Citrus maideniana is the only difference between it and Citrus inodora. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Citrus inodora. [8]

Australian limes

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Conservation status

Citrus inodora is listed as "endangered" under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992. It is not listed under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Uses

There has to date been no commercial use of the fruits. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Citrus inodora F.M.Bailey". The Plant List.
  2. ↑ "Sorting Microcitrus names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 "Native varieties from Australia and New Guinea Citrus inodora". Citrus pages. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Frederick Manson Bailey (1889) "Citrus inodora", Botany of the Bellenden-Ker Expedition, Reports on New Plants 1.
  6. 1 2 Wilson, Annette (2013). Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Zygophyllaceae (PDF). Melbourne: CSIRO publ. p. 506. ISBN   9780643109551 . Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Citrus inodora". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. CSIRO. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Native varieties from Australia and New Guinea / Citrus Pages". citruspages.free.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.


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