Citrus limon
(lemon)

Preferred Common Name

• lemon

Other Scientific Names

• Citrus limonum Risso
• Citrus medica var. limon L.

International Common Names

• English: true lemon tree
• Spanish: limón; limonero
• French: citronnier
• Arabic: laymûn; limûn
• Chinese: ning meng
• Portuguese: lima; limão cravo; limoeiro

Local Common Names

• China/Hong Kong: yang ning meng
• Denmark: citroen
• Finland: sitruuna
• France: citron
• Germany: Zitronenbaum
• India: khatta
• Italy: citreno; limone
• Japan: remon
• Netherlands: citroenboom
• Sweden: citron
• Thailand: manao farang
• Vietnam: chanh tay

EPPO code

• CIDLI (Citrus limon)

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Rutales
•                         Family: Rutaceae
•                             Genus: Citrus
•                                 Species: Citrus limon

Major host of:

Aceria sheldoni (citrus bud mite); Alternaria citri (stalk end rot); Aonidiella aurantii (red scale); Aonidiella citrina (yellow scale); Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid); Bactrocera aquilonis; Bactrocera carambolae (carambola fruit fly); Berkeleyomyces basicola (black root rot); Boeremia exigua var. exigua (leaf spot); Brevipalpus phoenicis (false spider mite); Candidatus Liberibacter africanus (African greening); Ceroplastes rubens (red wax scale); Ceroplastes rusci (fig wax scale); Chrysomphalus aonidum (circular scale); Citripestis sagittiferella (citrus fruit borer); Citrus blight disease (citrus blight); Citrus exocortis viroid (citrus exocortis); Citrus infectious variegation virus; Citrus tristeza virus (citrus tristeza); Citrus yellow mosaic virus (mosaic of citrus); Commelina benghalensis (wandering jew); Commelina diffusa (spreading dayflower); Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly); Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid); Diaporthe citri (melanose of Citrus); Elsinoë fawcettii (citrus scab); Geotrichum candidum (citrus race) (citrus sour rot); Glomerella cingulata (anthracnose); Guignardia citricarpa (citrus black spot); Helicotylenchus dihystera (common spiral nematode); Heliotropium europaeum (common heliotrope); Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy winged sharpshooter); Hop stunt viroid (hop stunt viroid); Longidorus (longidorids); Monacrostichus citricola; Mycosphaerella citri (greasy spot); Oemona hirta (lemon tree borer); Panonychus citri (citrus red mite); Pantomorus cervinus (Fuller's rose beetle); Paratrichodorus porosus; Parlatoria pergandii (chaff scale); Parlatoria ziziphi (black parlatoria scale); Parthenolecanium persicae (peach scale); Penicillium digitatum (green mould); Penicillium italicum (blue mould); Pezothrips kellyanus (kelly's citrus thrips); Phoma tracheiphila (mal secco); Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale); Polyphagotarsonemus latus (broad mite); Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion); Pseudocercospora angolensis (leaf spot of Citrus spp.); Pseudococcus comstocki (Comstock mealybug); Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (bacterial canker or blast (stone and pome fruits)); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall); Scirtothrips aurantii (South African citrus thrips); Selenaspidus articulatus (West Indian red scale); Spiroplasma citri (stubborn disease of citrus); Toxoptera citricida (black citrus aphid); Trioza erytreae (African citrus psyllid); Unaspis citri (citrus snow scale); Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead scale); Xanthomonas citri (citrus canker); Zonocerus elegans (elegant grasshopper); Zonocerus variegatus (variegated grasshopper)

Minor host of:

Achatina fulica (giant African land snail); Adoretus versutus (rose beetle); Apate monachus (black borer); Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Argyrotaenia citrana (orange tortrix); Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Bactrocera facialis; Bactrocera frauenfeldi (mango fruit fly); Bactrocera jarvisi (Jarvis' fruit fly); Bactrocera minax (Chinese citrus fly); Bactrocera neohumeralis; Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly); Brevipalpus chilensis (Chilean false red mite); Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (citrus greening); Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid); Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly); Ceratocystis radicicola; citrus huanglongbing (greening) disease (citrus greening); Citrus impietratura disease (samrah); Citrus yellow vein clearing virus; Colletotrichum karsti; Cryptoblabes gnidiella (citrus pyralid); Diplodia seriata (grapevine trunk disease); Elsinoë australis (citrus scab); Eudocima fullonia (fruit-piercing moth); Eutypa lata (Eutypa dieback); Fusarium oxysporum (basal rot); Ganoderma lucidum (basal stem rot: Hevea spp.); Lasiodiplodia theobromae (diplodia pod rot of cocoa); Peridroma saucia (pearly underwing moth); Phyllocoptruta oleivora (citrus rust mite); Phytophthora citrophthora (brown rot of citrus fruit); Platynota stultana (omnivorous leaf roller); Prays citri (citrus flower moth); Protopulvinaria pyriformis (pyriform scale); Pseudofabraea citricarpa (citrus target spot); Pseudomonas syringae (bacterial blast); Scutellonema clathricaudatum; Sophonia orientalis (two-spotted leafhopper); Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm); Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm); Syncephalastrum racemosum (black soft rot of Indian gooseberry); Tetranychus cinnabarinus (carmine spider mite); Tylenchorhynchus claytoni (stunt nematode); Xiphinema ifacolum (dagger nematode); Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce's disease of grapevines)

Associated with (not a host):

Aspergillus terreus; Bacillus polymyxa (bacterial: tomato seedling blight); Bacillus subtilis; Hypocrea rufa (green mould of narcissus); Pseudomonas fluorescens (pink eye: potato); Serratia marcescens; Trichoderma harzianum (hyperparasite of Rhizoctonia solani)

Host of (source - data mining):

Aculops pelekassi (citrus rust mite, Japanese); Aleurocanthus spiniferus (orange spiny whitefly); Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly); Aleurodicus dispersus (whitefly); Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly); Alternaria alternata (alternaria leaf spot); Anoplophora chinensis (black and white citrus longhorn); Asymmetrasca decedens; Athelia rolfsii (sclerotium rot); Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly); Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly); Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) (silverleaf whitefly); Biprorulus bibax; Botryotinia fuckeliana (grey mould-rot); Ceroplastes japonicus (tortoise wax scale); Charaxes jasius; Circulifer tenellus (beet leafhopper); Citrus bark cracking viroid; Citrus bent leaf viroid; Citrus dwarfing viroid; Citrus leaf blotch virus; Citrus psorosis B (citrus scaly bark); Citrus vein enation virus (citrus woody gall); Coccus viridis (soft green scale); Diaporthe foeniculina; Drosophila pseudoobscura; Drosophila simulans; Dysmicoccus neobrevipes (grey pineapple mealybug); Empoasca decipiens (leafhopper, cotton); Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth); Eutetranychus orientalis (Citrus brown mite); Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips); Geotrichum candidum var. citri-aurantii (sour rot: Citrus fruit); Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (double-striped pug); Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Heterodera zeae (corn cyst nematode); Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale); Icerya seychellarum (Seychelles scale); Lepidosaphes beckii (purple scale); Mycetaspis personata (masked aspidiotus); Naupactus xanthographus (South American fruit tree weevil); Neoaliturus haematoceps; Nipaecoccus viridis (spherical mealybug); Odontotermes lokanandi; Orthezia praelonga (croton bug); Parabemisia myricae (bayberry whitefly); Parlatoria oleae (olive scale); Phellinus noxius (brown tea root disease); Phomopsis theicola; Phyllocnistis citrella (citrus leaf miner); Phytophthora citricola (black hop root rot); Phytophthora hibernalis (brown rot of Citrus fruit); Phytophthora syringae (twig blight of lilac); Planococcus lilacinus (cacao mealybug); Planococcus minor (passionvine mealybug); Pseudococcus cryptus; Psorosticha zizyphi (citrus leafroller); Rastrococcus invadens (fruit tree mealybug); Ricania speculum; Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Scaphytopius nitridus; Septoria citri (septoria spot); Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite); Thrips angusticeps (field thrips); Thrips flavus (honeysuckle thrips); Thrips major (rubus, thrips); Thrips obscuratus (new Zealand flower thrips); Thrips tabaci (onion thrips); Toumeyella cubensis; Trichodorus primitivus; Tuckerella knorri; Tuckerella pavoniformis; Tydeus; Tylenchulus semipenetrans (citrus root nematode); Wound tumour virus; Xanthomonas axonopodis (gummosis: grasses); Xiphinema (dagger nematode)