Marrakech Limonette Limetta Budwood

Citrus limetta.

Fruit medium-sized, depressed subglobose, commonly ribbed; base rounded or somewhat flattened; apex strongly flattened with broad and deep areolar furrow surrounding a prominent nipple.  Rind thin, moderately pitted with sunken oil glands; somewhat bumpy; adherent; color light yellowish-orange.  Segments about 11; axis medium in size and open.  Flesh color pale yellow; juicy; very sour and aromatic.  Moderately seedy, moderately polyembryonic, and chalazal spot purple.

Tree vigorous, large, upright-spreading and open, lightly spiny, and highly productive; leaves lemon-like, but more oval, less sharp-pointed, and usually somewhat cupped at upper end.  Flowers purple in the bud and new growth purple-tinted.  Flowers somewhat throughout the year but mainly in spring.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange.

Season of ripeness at Riverside, California: Year-round.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.