Botanical Feast » Rutaceae http://www.botanicalfeast.com the botany of plants we eat Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:40:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Lemon http://www.botanicalfeast.com/lemon/ http://www.botanicalfeast.com/lemon/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:51:28 +0000 Peter http://www.botanicalfeast.com/lemon/

Some things you might not know about lemons:

Lemons are members of the Rutaceae family (Rutceae). Lemons have been used as contraceptive in historical times and lemon juice has been shown to kill HIV. Lemons are native to south east Asia, Persia and the Himalayas.

Botanical Information

Family: Rutaceae

Scientific Name: Citrus limon

Etymology: The name Citrus comes from the Greek word kedrus [...]]]> http://www.botanicalfeast.com/lemon/feed/ 0