LEMON TREE (CITRUS TREE)

Citrus Lemon is large shrub or small, freely branching, spiny tree with narrowly ovate, finely toothed, light green leaves, 5-10cm long. Fragrant white flowers, 4-5cm across, borne singly or in small cymes, open from red- or purple-tinted buds; they are followed by broadly ovoid yellow fruit, 7-15cm long. Height 2-7m, Spread 1.5-3m. Native of Asia.