Acronychia acidula
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| Lemon Aspen | |
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| Acronychia acidula, leaf & fruit, cultivated. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Acronychia |
| Species: | A. acidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Acronychia acidula F. Muell. |
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Lemon aspen, Acronychia acidula is a small to medium sized rainforest tree of Queensland, Australia. The aromatic and acidic fruit is harvested as a bushfood.
[edit] Uses
Lemon aspen fruit has a grapefruit and lime like flavour, and is popular in beverages, sauces and confectionary. The fruit has high antioxidant activity.[1]
[edit] Cultivation
The tree is grown in small-scale commercial bushfood orchards on the east coast of Australia from North Queensland to Northern New South Wales. The tree is quick growing and requires regular pruning to maintain a practical harvesting height. It has a moderate crop yield, and bears in four years as seedlings. It prefers well-drained and fertile clay loam soils.
[edit] References
- Bruneteau, Jean-Paul, Tukka, Real Australian Food, ISBN 0-207-18966-8.
- Kersh, Jennice and Raymond, Edna's Table, ISBN 0-7336-0539-7.
- Low, Tim, Wild Food Plants of Australia, ISBN 0207169306
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