Genus of fruit-bearing plants (source of fruit such as lemons and oranges)

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Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.

A thorny stem of Poncirus grafted to a woody stock. Watercolour.

Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Yuzu orange plant (Citrus species): branch with two fruit. Watercolour.

Two fruiting citrus plants, one possibly the seville orange (Citrus aurantium). Wash drawing.

Aunty Brand / Alturas-Garfield Citrus Cooperative.

A species of citrus fruit (Citrus sarcodactylis Hort. Bog.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate numbered flower sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Citrus aurantium, linn. : the source of vitamin C in Ostomalt : "all the vitamins for growth and protection".

Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

A lemon plant (Citrus japonica): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.

Citrus : a history / Pierre Laszlo.

Quality of canned orange juice / by J.M. Boyd and G.T. Peterson.

To make a spotless orange : biological control in California / Richard C. Sawyer.

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Citrus

Images from the collections

Images referencing Citrus

Works from the collections

Citrus : a history / Pierre Laszlo.

Aunty Brand / Alturas-Garfield Citrus Cooperative.

Citrus aurantium, linn. : the source of vitamin C in Ostomalt : "all the vitamins for growth and protection".

Quality of canned orange juice / by J.M. Boyd and G.T. Peterson.

To make a spotless orange : biological control in California / Richard C. Sawyer.

Citrus

Images from the collections

Images referencing Citrus

Works from the collections

Citrus : a history / Pierre Laszlo.

Aunty Brand / Alturas-Garfield Citrus Cooperative.

Citrus aurantium, linn. : the source of vitamin C in Ostomalt : "all the vitamins for growth and protection".

Quality of canned orange juice / by J.M. Boyd and G.T. Peterson.

To make a spotless orange : biological control in California / Richard C. Sawyer.

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