Limonia

Limonia subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Limonia, Swingle (Schinus limonia, Linn. Limonia acidissima, Linn. F. elephantum, Corr.). Wood-Apple. Spiny deciduous tree, native to India, Ceylon and Indo-China: bark gray, rough: lvs. odd-pinnate, 3-7-foliate; lfts. opposite, obovate, blunt at the apex, sometimes emarginate, entire-margined with a short petiolule; rachis margined, articulate, spines long and straight, axillary: fls. (sometimes male by abortion of the ovary) dull red, small, in terminal or axillary long- pedicelled panicles; petals 5 (rarely 4 or 6); stamens 10 (rarely 8 or 12), filaments short, dilated at base and densely pubescent on the sides and within; anthers large; ovary Swelled, with many ovules in each cell; stigma cylindrical, sessile: frs. globose or oblate, in. diam., having a hard, woody rind filled with a pinkish edible pulp in which the numerous woolly seeds are immersed. For discussion of name and synonomy, see Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4:325 (n. 12, June 19, 1914). 111. Roxbg., Pl. Coromandel., Pl. 141. Gt. 34:1206. Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., Pl. 45; Beddome, Fl. sylvat. South Ind., 1:121; Talbot, For. Flor. Bombay, fig. 124; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.-fam. III. 4, 193, fig. 112. —The pulp of the fr. which is acid, is used for making jellies somewhat similar to black currant jelly. It is also made into a kind of chutney with oil, spices and salt by the natives of India. The fls. and lvs. of this tree have an odor of anis and are used as a stomachic. The commonly cult, species of Citrus can be grafted on this plant and wood-apple seedlings are now being tested as stocks by the U. S. Dept. of Agric. in Calif, and Fla. and also in the greenhouses in Washington, D.C. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Limonia (derivation uncertain). Rutaceae. An invalid generic name usually misapplied to hesperethusa crenulata, which see. A number of species belonging to very diverse genera were formerly placed in Lumonia. See Feronia. L. acidissima, Linn.-Feronia Limonia. — L. acidissima, Auct. (not Linn. )- Hesperethusa crenulata. — L. angulosa, Wight & Arn.- Merope angulata. — L. bilocularis, Roxbg.-Severinia buxifolia. — L. crenuldia, Roxbg.-Hesperethusa crenulata. — L. Demeusei, De Wild.-Citropsis Preussei (?). — L. Engleriana, Perkina-Chaetospermum glutinosa. — L. gabonensis, Engler-Citropais gabonensis.— L. glutinosa, Blanco-Chaetospermum glutinosa. — L. Lacourtiana, De Wild.-Citropsis gabonensis (?). — L. monophylla, Roxbg.-Atalantia monophylla. — L, pentaphylla, Retz.-Glycosmis pentaphylla.— L. Poggei. Engler-Citropsis Schweinfurthii(?). — L. Preussei, Engler-Citropsis Preussei, — L. scandens, Roxbg.-Lavanga scandens. — L. Schweinfurthii, Engler-Citropsis Schweinfurthii. — L. spinosa, Spreng.- Merope angulata. — L. trichocarpa, Hance-Poncirus trifoliata. — L. trifolia, Burm.-Triphasia trifolia. — L. trifoliata, Linn. - Triphasia trifolia. — L. ugandensis. Baker - Citropsis Schweinfurthii. — L. Warneckei, Engler - Balsamocitrus paniculata. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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