desert lemon

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


called also NativeKumquat, Atalantia glauca, Hook., N.O. Rutacea.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 8:

«The native kumquat or desert lemon. The fruit is globular,and about half an inch in diameter. It produces an agreeablebeverage from its acid juice.»

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