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What kind of citrus tree is this?

a_shau
10 years ago

The fruit looks like limes but they're not limes. There are also really long spiny thorns along the branches (about 1-1.5 inches), and the leaves have a wonderful fragrant smell. The flowers are white, plump and also fragrant.

Comments (12)

  • johnmerr
    10 years ago

    Sooo much information you have not given us; but first glance would be Bearss lime... what does the inside look like?
    Looks like a serious spider mite problem..

  • a_shau
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    OK. Here's a picture of the flower, and in the next post I will show what the inside of the fruit looks like.

  • a_shau
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Here is the fruit cut open. I'm not sure what other details to give; the tree is really tall, like over 10 feet tall I think. It was planted before I got here in the backyard of our rental property so I don't know any other details.

    We are in San Francisco, so the climate gets foggy and cool during the summer, but during the non summer months on nice days the spot gets a ton of sun, and we really don't get a lot of rain except for during the winter months.

    I will show a picture of the thorns in the next picture.

  • a_shau
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Finally, here are the thorns. Let me know what other details I can supply and I will do my best. Thanks all!

  • johnmerr
    10 years ago

    Looks like a lemon; maybe a Eureka. I think it is far from ripe; probably will get ripe.. and yellow, around late November. Leave them be; and they will get larger; and the skin will get thinner; and if you post a photo when they get yellow, with the fruit cut in the opposite way (equator of the fruit), someone here will probably be able to tell you for sure what it is.

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    10 years ago

    Looks like citrumelo to me (which for us here in Californai is Swingle rootstock, a commonly used standard-sized rootstock many citrus are grafted to here in California). Doubtful you have anything edible. Not a lemon, not Eureka lemon for sure. Can you see if your tree has a graft line on the trunk, or does it look like perhaps this tree's grafted cultivar has long since died, and we're just dealing with the rootstock taking over.

    Patty S.

  • hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
    10 years ago

    Looks like citrumelo to me (which for us here in Californai is Swingle rootstock, a commonly used standard-sized rootstock many citrus are grafted to here in California). Doubtful you have anything edible. Not a lemon, not Eureka lemon for sure. Can you see if your tree has a graft line on the trunk, or does it look like perhaps this tree's grafted cultivar has long since died, and we're just dealing with the rootstock taking over.

    Patty S.

  • johnmerr
    10 years ago

    Patty is undoubtedly correct; I had not even considered that it was a rootstock.
    Always best to take advice from local experts.

  • a_shau
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Awesome - thank you guys! I will go and look for the graft line. And thanks for the tip on cutting it the more correct way in terms of helping to identify!

  • HU-579939791
    2 years ago

    It looks I have same tree... Bought it from a Flea Market and it was labeled as Calamansi tree but now it has a fruit that looks like the ones you have pictured.. so have you found out what it is? Thanks

  • Ken B Zone 7
    2 years ago

    Probably won't get an answer, the thread is 8 years old.