Lemon (Citrus x meyeri)

Family: Rutaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Citrus x meyeri is an evergreen Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a medium rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 9 and is frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower all year. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Apomictic (reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion), insects. The plant is self-fertile.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

mildly acid. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A medium-size fruit, the rind is thin and soft, the flesh tender, very juicy and mildly acid.; Moderately seedy.; A very nice tasting lemon, a pot-grown shrub yielded 12 lemons in 1993.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in the wild. (Zone 8)