List of Citrus Fruits
The genus Citrus has been suggested to originate in Southeast Asia. Prior to human cultivation, it consisted of just a few species, namely:
- Citrus aurantifolia – Key Lime, Omani Lime, from India
- Citrus maxima – Pomelo (pummelo, shaddock), from the Malay Archipelago
- Citrus medica – Citron, from India
- Citrus reticulata – Mandarin orange, from China
- Citrus trifoliata – Trifoliate orange, from Korea and adjacent China (often separated as Poncirus)
- Australian limes
- Citrus australasica – Finger lime (sometimes separated in Microcitrus)
- Citrus australis – Australian round lime (sometimes separated in Microcitrus)
- Citrus glauca – Desert Lime (sometimes separated in Eremocitrus)
- and 3 other Microcitrus
- Kumquats, 4-5 species from East Asia ranging into Southeast Asia (often separated as Fortunella)
- Papedas, including
- Citrus halimii – limau kadangsa, limau kedut kera, from Thailand and Malaya
- Citrus indica – Indian wild orange, from the Indian subcontinent
- Citrus macroptera from Indochina and Melanesia
- "Khasi Papeda" – Citrus latipes from Assam, Meghalaya, Burma
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