Lemon

A lemon is a yellow citrus fruit. This is a small tree (Citrus limon) that is of green colour even in a season Winter.

lemon
Citrus limon; Medizinäl Pflänzen 041, Köhler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	angiosperms
(unranked):	eudicots
(unranked):	rosid
Order:	sapindales
Family:	rutaceae
Genus:	citrus
Binomial name
Citrus limon Carolus, Burm
a map that shows distribution of a plant lemon, and a plant lime; as of 2012[update]

A picture of two lemons: one whole, one cut in half

Lemon is used to get a drink: lemonade.

Description

A species came from Asia.

An oval-shaped, yellow fruit, is used while one wants to get a juice – by squeezing it to outdrain a liquid; also, it is being or was used for cooking. Its taste is sour. Its juice, zest, as well as pulp, are often used as a topping over a fish-meal. Lemon juice is about 5% citric acid, having pH ranging from two to three.

Lemons contain numerous phytochemicals – including polyphenols, terpenes and tannins. Lemons might have an electric charge because of a presence of acid.

People do not know for sure where lemons have come from.^[source?] However, most people think that lemons first grew in India, northern Burma and China.^[1][2]

Its plants vary in size, yet staying generally small; a one of highest measures six metres.

Lemons are related to oranges.

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