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    Lemon Facts

    Scientifically known as Citrus limon, lemons are among the world’s most popular citrus fruits. Lemons are a refreshing fruit that is usually not eaten whole, but rather eaten in slices, or added to foods and beverages for their distinctive flavor. Lemons have many uses in cooking and are very popular in European recipes. They are very high in vitamin C and low in calories. Lemons are also used as a health and beauty aid, and have many uses as a cleaning agent. At the end of the day, lemons are a healthy food, and an excellent way to add flavor and aroma to meals.

    Name Lemon
    Scientific Name Citrus limon
    Native Originated in the foothills of the Himalayas, Assam (India) and northern Burma to China.
    Common/English Name Canton Lemon, Chinese Lemon, Lemon.
    Name in Other Languages Hungarian : Citrom
    Dutch : Citroenboom
    Amharic : Li-Mo-Ne
    Icelandic : Sítróna
    Armenian : Gidron
    Guam : Limon Real
    Basque : Limoi
    Korean : Re-Mon
    Bulgaria : Limon
    Latvia : Citrons
    Finnish : Sitruuna
    Chamorro : Lemon Reat
    Samoan : Moli
    Lithuanian : Citrinos
    Pukapukan : Lēmene Papā
    Croatia : Limun
    Galician : Follas De Lima Cafre
    Persian : Kalanbak
    Spanish : Arbol De Limón
    Czech : Citrón
    New Caledonia : Le Citronnier
    Arabic : Laymūn
    Italian : Limone
    Sri Lanka : Sedaran
    Danish : Citron
    Scotland : Crann Limoin
    Indonesia : Jerul Nipis
    Esperanto : Citron
    Russian : Limon
    Palauan : Debechel
    Nepalese : Kaagati
    Tongan : Lemani
    Fijian : Moli Karokaro
    Chinese : Ning Meng
    French : Citronnier
    India : Gol Nemu ( Assamese )
    Norway : Sitron
    Frisian : Sitroen
    Tibetan : Dzam Bi Ri (D)
    Georgian : Limoni
    Maltese : Lumi
    Brazil: Limão-Siciliano
    German : Citron
    Albanian : Limoni
    Swahili : Limau
    Haiti : Sitron
    Swedish : Citron
    Aragonese : Limón
    Polish : Cytryna
    Hawaiian : Kukane
    Azerbaijan : Limon
    Slovašcina : Limona
    Hebrew : Limon
    Portuguese : Limão
    Turkish : Limon
    Cook Islands : Rēmene
    Pakistan : Jatti Khatti
    Thai : Ma Nao Leung
    Eastonia : Harilik Sidrunipuu
    I-Kiribati : Remen
    Vietnamese : Chanh Tây
    Japanese : Kanton Remon
    Ukrainian : Limon
    Lingala : Ndímo
    Romanian : Lămâi
    Yiddish : Limene
    Burmese : Shauktakera
    Malaysia : Limau
    Farsi : Limoo
    Niuean : Sipolo
    Tongarevan : Lēmene
    Philippines: Lemon ( Tagalog)
    Catalan : Llimonera
    Slovencina : Citrón
    Kazakhsistan : Limon
    Greek : Lemóni
    Plant Growth Habit Small, thorn less to thorny, medium vigor tree
    Growing Climate Cultivated in a tropical, subtropical and temperate regions, in humid, semi-arid or arid conditions. Lemons are mostly grown in the semi-arid and arid subtropical regions. Lemon trees are susceptible to strong winds or cold winds that reduce yields and scar fruit.
    Soil Lemon tree is adaptable to many soil types excepting those that are too acidic. It has reputation of tolerating very infertile, very poor soil.
    Plant Size 3–6 m high.
    Leaf Leaves are alternate, reddish when young turning green, ovate to elliptic, 8–14 × 4–6 cm, with conspicuously crenulate margin and mucronate, acuminate to shallowly emarginate apex on narrowly winged petioles.
    Flower Flowers bisexual or male by complete abortion of pistil. Calyx is cup shaped with 4–5 lobes; petals, 4 or 5, are white inside and purplish outside, stamens 20–40 more or less united stamens with yellow anthers, ovary sub cylindric to barrel-shaped with a clavate stigma.
    Fruit Shape & Size Ellipsoid to ovoid, narrowed at both ends, with a nipple- like protuberance (mammilla) at the apex, up to 12 × 6 cm,
    Fruit Weight About 50- 80 g in weight.
    Fruit Color Green turning pale green and yellow when ripe
    Fruit Skin Fairly thick, coarse, pellucid dotted rind
    Flesh Color Pale Yellow
    Flavor/Aroma Mildly tart, fresh flavor
    Taste Sour
    Seed Ovoid, elliptic or ovate, pointed, smooth, small up to 10 mm long with one to numerous embryo(s) and milky-white cotyledons.
    Varieties/Types
    • Armstrong (‘Armstrong Seedless’)
    • Avon
    • Bearss
    • Berna
    • Eureka
    • Femminello Ovale
    • Genoa
    • Harvey
    • Interdonato
    • Libson
    • Meyer
    • Monachello
    • Nepali Oblong
    • Perrine
    • Rosenberger
    • Rough Lemon
    • Santa Teresa
    • Sweet Lemon
    • Villafranca
    Major Nutrition Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 112.4 mg (124.89%)
    Iron, Fe 1.27 mg (15.88%)
    Total dietary Fiber 5.9 g (15.53%)
    Carbohydrate 19.76 g (15.20%)
    Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 0.17 mg (13.08%)
    Copper, Cu 0.078 mg (8.67%)
    Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.403 mg (8.06%)
    Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.085 mg (7.08%)
    Potassium, K 293 mg (6.23%)
    Vitamin B9 (Folate) 23 µg (5.75%)
    Health Benefits
    • Improve Digestive Health
    • Cardiovascular Health
    • Hair Care
    • Help Control Weight
    • Fever
    • Skin Care
    • Prevent Kidney Stones
    • Throat Infections
    • High Blood Pressure
    • Prevention of Anemia
    • Dental Care
    • Reduce Cancer Risk
    • Burns
    • Internal Bleeding
    • Respiratory Disorders
    • Foot Relaxation
    • Corns
    Calories in 1 cup (212 gm) 61 K cal
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