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Microcitrus australis (Australian round lime)

Synonyms: Citrus australis; Citrus planchonii; Limonia australis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Round lime (Citrus australis), also known as Australian lime or Australian round lime, is a large shrub or small tree producing an edible fruit. It grows in forest margins in the Beenleigh area and northwards, in Queensland, Australia. Citrus australis is a tree up to 20 m tall. Fruits are spherical or slightly pear-shaped, 25–50 mm across, with a thick green or yellow skin and pale green pulp.
View Wikipedia Record: Microcitrus australis

Predators

Coccus viridis (green coffee scale)[1]
Octaspidiotus subrubescens[1]
Papilio aegeus (Large citrus butterfly)[2]
Papilio anactus (Small citrus butterfly)[3]
Papilio demoleus (Checkered lime swallowtail)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0