| Scientific Name: | Citrus limon (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | lemon |
| Family Name: | Rutaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Edible, Hesperidium, Yellow |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most ovate-elliptic, 6-12cm long x 3-6cm wide, margin usually serrate, spine often present at nodes; flowers white, very fragrant; fruit a green-yellow lemon. | |