Citrus macrophylla
{{Short description|Citrus fruit and plant}}
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Citrus macrophylla, also known as alemow,{{GRIN | accessdate = 15 December 2017}} is a citrus tree and fruit, belonging to the papedas.
The trees are short in stature, more tropical in nature than most citrus, and are very spiny.
Taxonomy
Alemow is rare and poorly studied, a likely hybrid between the citron and biasong (C. micrantha).{{cite book|title=Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology|page=40|first=Iqrar A.|last=Khan|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pKlNrSR_8IEC|isbn=978-0851990194|publisher=CABI}} The large fruits are considered inedible by local populations, though the plants are infrequently cultivated for medicinal and other uses. {{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} It has been tried in California as a possible rootstock for other citrus.{{Cite journal|last1=Levy|first1=Y.|last2=Lifshitz|first2=J.|date=1995-02-01|title=Alemow (Citrus macrophylla Wester.), compared with six other rootstocks for nucellar 'Minneola' tangelo (Citrus paradisi Macf. X Citrus reticulata Blanco)|journal=Scientia Horticulturae|volume=61|issue=1|pages=131–137|doi=10.1016/0304-4238(94)00735-X|bibcode=1995ScHor..61..131L }}
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References
- [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/NRCC-scientist-Sonkar-gets-gold-medal-for-work-on-Alemow/articleshow/20307794.cms NRCC scientist Sonkar gets gold medal for work on Alemow]
- [http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/macrophylla.html Alemow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412032608/https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/macrophylla.html |date=2019-04-12 }} on Citrus Variety Collection website
- [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030442389390049V Alemow (Citrus macrophylla Wester) — a dwarfing ...]
- [http://idtools.org/id/citrus/citrusid/factsheet.php?name=Alemow Citrus ID]
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