Vivai Gambetta

Sweet Lemon Tree (Sambo)

(Citrus limon, L.)

Appearance

• Growth habit: evergreen tree which grows to 6 m, the crown is compact and rounded (globose).

• Leaves: simple, petioled, leathery, dark green.The blade is ovate with an entire or crenulate margin. They are 8-12 cm long and 4-8 cm wide. The lower surface is paler.

• Flowers: strongly scented hermaphrodite flowers. The corolla has 5 violet-white or white petals and 15-60 stamens. The ovary is compound with 8-15 cells with 4-8 ovules each. First bloom from March to June, second bloom from June to July.

• Fruit: ovate, diameter ranging 4 to 8 cm, yellow skinned when ripe. They are eatable with a characteristic not sour flavor.

• Branches: flexible and often spiny. Young branches have green stripes, older branches have green-brown stripes.

• Trunk: straight and quite smooth.

• Bark: dark greenish brown and completely smooth.

• Habitat

• Climate: this plant grows in temperate climates with temperature not below -5°Cand does not like being exposed to the wind (especially to cold winds).

• Ground: the best soil for sweet lemon trees is loose or middle texture (the plant cannot stand water stagnation), deep, with plenty of organic materials and a pH of 6,5 to7,5. The plant does not like salty, chalky or heavy clay soils..

Origin

Sweet lemon tree originates to India and Indochina.

Spread

This is a little-known plant and is grown in small plots in the Mediterranean region, in South America and in South Asia, where the climate is suitable, for the fresh consumption and for the production of juice, candid fruits and essential oils.

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