small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
Citrus mella rosa- c. Bigaradia, see Citrus aurantium- c. Decumana, Shaddock-c. Limetta, see Citrus mella rosa-c. Limonum, C. medica.
The leaves yield an oil used to adulterate oil of bergamot, and the juice of the fruit constitutes a portion of the commercial concentrated lime juice used in making citric acid.