Citrus aurantium L.  
Family: Rutaceae
[Citrus bigaradia Loisel., moreCitrus vulgaris Risso]
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The Flora of Barro Colorado Island by Thomas Croat
Tree, 3-6 m tall, unarmed or the few axillary spines to 5 mm long. Leaves simple, glabrous; petioles broadly winged at apex, 14-27 mm long, usually 10-15 mm wide, narrowed to an almost wingless base, articulated at apex; blades broadly elliptic to obovate, bluntly acuminate and +/- emarginate at apex, cuneate at base, 5-12 cm long, 3-7.5 cm wide, crenate. Flowers 5-parted, solitary in axils; pedicels puberulent, 9-11 mm long in fruit; calyx puberulent, the lobes ca 2 mm long; petals white. Fruits globose, 4-6 cm diam, depressed or flattened at apex, orange, sour, the core hollow. Croat 9184, 14944. Cultivated at the laboratory but uncommon. Flowers in the dry season. The fruits mature in the rainy season.
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