Lemon (C. limon)

About___________________________________________________

The lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree’s ellipsoidal yellow fruit.

Leaves__________________________________________________

Lemon leaves can be used to make a tea or preparing cooked meats and seafoods. For better taste older, dark-green leaves are suggested. The lemon tea also can serve a medicinal purpose. Lemon leaves are considered to be helpful as an anti-inflammatory agent and aid to digestion or in reducing fevers and cramps. The lemon leaf tea also acts as a cough medicine

Flowers_________________________________________________

The flowers are bright red, 3 cm in diameter, with four to five petals (often more on cultivated plants). .Some fruitless varieties are grown for the flowers alone.

Fruit____________________________________________________

The edible fruit is a berry and is between a lemon and a grapefruit in size, 5–12 cm in diameter with a rounded hexagonal shape, and has thick reddish skin. The exact number of seeds in a pomegranate can vary from 200 to about 1400 seeds, contrary to some beliefs that all pomegranates have exactly the same number of seeds. Each seed has a surrounding water-laden pulp—the edible aril—ranging in color from white to deep red or purple. The seeds are embedded in a white, spongy, astringent pulp.

Uses____________________________________________________

Lemon juice, rind, and zest are used in a wide variety of culinary applications, it is also used as a short-term preservative on certain foods. The peel oil is used as a wood cleaner and polish.