Citrus wintersii, the Brown River finger lime, is a shrub native to the Brown River region in Papua-New Guinea.[1] It was previously known as Microcitrus papuana.[2][3] It has, as the "finger" name suggests, a small, thin fruit, pointed at both ends.[4] It grows near Port Moresby.[4]
| Brown River finger lime | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. wintersii
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| Binomial name | |
| Citrus wintersii Mabb.
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It is reportedly rarely more than 150 cm (4.9 ft) tall in the wild though specimens cultivated from seed in California have attained heights of over 300 cm (9.8 ft). Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long. Fruit is green, never yellow.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Mabberley, David John (1998). "Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae)" (PDF). Telopea. 7 (4): 342. doi:10.7751/telopea19982004.
Citrus wintersii
- ^ Mike Saalfeld. "Citrus wintersii". Home Citrus Growers.
- ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
- ^ a b "Citrus wintersii". homecitrusgrowers.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus wintersii
- ^ Winters, Harold F. (1976). "Microcitrus papuana, a new species from Papua New Guinea (Rutaceae)". Baileya. 20 (1): 19.
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