Citrus wintersii
| Brown River finger lime | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. wintersii |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrus wintersii Mabb. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Microcitrus papuana Winters 1976, not Citrus papuana F.M.Bailey 1901. | |
Citrus wintersii, the Brown River finger lime, is a plant species native to the Brown River region in Papua-New Guinea.[1]
It is also known as Citrus papuana [2][3]
It has, as the "finger" name suggests, a small, thin fruit, pointed at both ends (pictures, more pictures). It grows near Port Moresby.[4]
It is a shrub, reportedly rarely more than 150 cm tall in the wild though specimens cultivated from seed in California have attained heights of over 300 cm. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, up to 30 mm long. Fruit is yellow.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Mabberley, David John. 1998. Telopea 7: 342, Citrus wintersii
- ↑ Mike Saalfeld. "Citrus wakonai". homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
- ↑ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
- ↑ "Microcitrus papuana". homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
- ↑ Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus wintersii
- ↑ Winters, Harold F. 1976. Baileya 20(1): 19 as Microcitrus papuana
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