Limonia
(from Limuna, the Persian name of the Citron). ORD. Rutaceae. This genus comprises two or three species of small trees or shrubs, often spiny, natives of tropical Asia. Flowers fasciculate or racemose. Berry globose. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate or impari-pinnate; leaflets opposite, entire or crenate; petioles winged. The species thrive in a compost of peat, loam, and dried cowdung, with a few small pieces of charcoal added. Propagated by cuttings, made in spring or summer, and placed in sandy soil, under a glass, in very gentle bottom heat; or by seeds, sown on a hotbed, during spring. L. acidissima (very acid). fl. white, fragrant, in sub-umbellate racemes. fr. yellowish, afterwards changing to reddish or purplish. l. pinnate, with winged stalks. India. h. 8ft. to 10ft. A spiny shrub or small tree. The Javanese employ the acid, flesh-coloured pulp of the fruits of this species as a substitute for soap.