Vijayasankar ji and Tabish ji Assam lemon, characterised by its long fruits (distinctinctly longer than broad) have been named as C. limon at many websites, and as C. medica in many websites. It should not look strange firstly because taxonomy of Citrus is very confusing, secondly many authors consider C. limon as var. or subsp. of C. medica, and as such those not going below species level would simply call it C. medica. Plus C. longilimon (character is in the name itself) is comparatively recently established species, not known to me. NMPMD database is generally well researched, and it is from here as well photographs of Assam lemon at various websites that C. longilimon appears to be the most logical name. Plus GRIN also recognises it as distinct species.
C. limon is generally differentiated from C. medica by much thinner and smoother rind. Let us try to find out other differentiating features (in addition to longer fruit) of C. longilimon to arrive at final conclusion. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not able to distinguish it from Citrus medica, which has fruit > which is variable in shape > http://www.healthkerala.gov.in/ayurveda/herb_images/4.jpg > > http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/10439/Pictures%20Library/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=143 > http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Citrusmedica_page.htm > - Tabish > > On May 9, 1:53 am, "R. Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Citrus longilimon* (Rutaceae). Planted in house gardens. Credit for the > id > > goes to Gurcharan ji & Dinesh ji (I originally identified this as C. > limon, > > now i am more convinced!). > > > > With regards > > > > R. Vijayasankar > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > citrus longilimon_1.JPG > > 134KViewDownload > > > > citrus longilimon_2.JPG > > 189KViewDownload > > > > citrus longilimon_3.JPG > > 156KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
