Micromelum minutum

Limeberry
Micromelum minutum fruit and foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Micromelum
Species:
M. minutum
Binomial name
Micromelum minutum
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Glycosmis subvelutina F.Muell.
    • Limonia minuta G.Forst.
    • Micromelum glabrescens Benth.
    • Micromelum minutum var. glabrescens (Benth.) Hochr.
    • Micromelum minutum (G.Forst.) Wight & Arn. var. minutum
    • Micromelum pubescens Blume
    • Micromelum pubescens var. glabrescens (Benth.) Oliv.
    • Micromelum pubescens Blume var. pubescens

Micromelum minutum, commonly known as limeberry, dilminyin (east Arnhem Land). kimiar margibur (Murray Island),[3] tulibas tilos (Philippines), sesi (Indonesia) and samui (Thailand),[4] is a species of small tree or shrub in the citrus plant family Rutaceae. It occurs from India and Indochina to Australia. It has pinnate leaves with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaflets, hairy, pale green or creamish, scented flowers arranged in large groups and yellow to orange or red, oval to spherical berries in dense clusters.

  1. ^ Oldfield, S. (2020). "Micromelum minutum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T149658600A149822446. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Micromelum minutum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ Mabberley, David J. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 497–498. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Micromelum minutum (J.G. Forster) Wight & Arn". ASEAN Tropical Plant Database. Archived from the original (website) on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.