Sweet lemon
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The sweet lemons and sweet limes are not derived from either lemons or the more common limes, nor do they represent a monophyletic grouping, having arisen from distinct citrus hybridizations.[2] Plants and fruits with the common name sweet lemon or sweet lime include:
- Citrus limetta, small and round like a common lime, with sweet juice, a citron/sour orange hybrid.[2]
- Lumia, a large dry citron-like fruit that is pear shaped and not necessarily sweet. This is itself a mixed group: one member has been found to have resulted from a lemon crossing with a citron/pomelo hybrid,[3] a second member is a micrantha/citron mix.[2]
- Palestinian sweet lime, Citrus × latifolia, mainly used as a rootstock, a citron/mandarin/pomelo hybrid.[2]
- Ujukitsu, Citrus ujukitsu, or 'lemonade fruit', likely a tangelo, a Kishu mikan crossed with a pomelo-like fruit,[4] produced by citrus pioneer Chōzaburō Tanaka.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".