Limequat
SpeciesCitrus floridana
Also called Citrus ×floridana
Connections
Fact sheet
every fact quoted from its source“It grows as a large shrub or small evergreen tree” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“The tree will mature within 5 to 7 months” — Limequat Tree: A Key Lime Kumquat Cross | Growing Guide
“Give it full sun. It accepts half shade and still lives” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“Water requirement is modest for most of the year: a small amount” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“Limequat suits subtropical and Mediterranean climates and is generally placed in hardiness zone 8 and warmer” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“typically 1–4 m (roughly 3–13 ft)” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“typically 1–4 m (roughly 3–13 ft), with dwarf selections that stay around 0.5 m” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“From seed” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“Fruit sizing is essentially a water process, and a tree that swings between bone dry and soaked while the fruit fills gives you small, hard fruit and unnecessary drop” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
“The fruit is small, about 1.5–3 cm, and mostly yellow. The rind is edible raw” — How to Grow a Limequat Tree: Care, Pruning, Fruit and Cold Tolerance
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Where this comes from
- Name and place in the family tree: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC BY 4.0)
- Linked record: Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikipedia: Limequat
- Fact sheet: 2 source pages, read and quoted by the OmniGrowers Librarian