| Brown River finger lime | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. wintersii |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrus wintersii Mabb. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Citrus wintersii, theBrown River finger lime, is a shrub native to the Brown River region in Papua-New Guinea.[1] It was previously known asMicrocitrus papuana.[2][3] It has, as the "finger" name suggests, a small, thin fruit, pointed at both ends.[4] It grows nearPort Moresby.[4]
It is reportedly rarely more than 150 cm (4.9 ft) tall in the wild though specimens cultivated from seed in California have attained heights of over 300 cm (9.8 ft). Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long. Fruit is green, never yellow.[5][6]
Citrus wintersii
