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Citrus limon

Rēmene

Lemon

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Lemon; German Zitrone; French Citron

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Rēmene / Rēmene Papa‘ā (RR MG MT), Rēmene (AT MK AK TW), Lemon (PL), Lēmene (TS), Rēmene Papa‘ā (MH RK), Lēmene Papā (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Medicine, Food (Fruit 2+)

KEY FEATURES: Small tree with large thorns. LEAVES oval, to 10x5cm; scalloped margin. LEAF-STALK very slightly winged. FRUIT oval, to 10cm long; skin more or less bumpy, tart pulp, 8-10 flesh segments.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	P	++		++	++	P		+L

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
++	+	P	+	-	P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Citrus limon Linnaeus
SYNONYMS: Citrus medica var. limon; Citrus limonia [sensu authors]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Sapindales; RUTACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Citrus limon.

References:
p.482 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.479 Tropica
p.3/518 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.62 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.397e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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