What Is a Lime Flower?

Lime calyx (scientific name: Sorbus folgneri (CK Schneid.) Rehder) is a arboreal of the Rosaceae family; the winter buds are large in shape and have many imbricate scales. The leaves are alternate, with stipules, single leaves or odd-pinnate compound leaves, which are double-folded in the bud, thinly rolled, the leaves are often covered with rusty brown fluff, the side veins are slightly curved near the leaf edges or reach the tooth tips; To oval, smooth or with few spots. Flowers bisexual, most forming terminal complex inflorescences; sepals and petals each 5; stamens 15-25; carpels 2-5, partial or all connate; ovary semi-lower or lower, 2-5 rooms, each room With 2 ovules. The fruit is a small pear-shaped fruit with 2-5 compartments, the wall of the ovary becomes cartilage, and each compartment has 1-2 seeds. Born in a hillside forest of 800-2000m above sea level. Distributed in central and southern China. This species is densely covered with white fluff on the young shoots, petioles, under the leaves and inflorescences. It has a long-lasting appearance, so it has the name of a lime tree. Its oval shape is easy to distinguish from other species.

Lime Sorbus

Resistant to cold and shade. Hi moist and fertile soil. Often scattered in mountain woodlands along valleys and ravines.

Produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan. It is widely born in hillside forests and has an altitude of 800-2000 meters. Type specimens were collected from Hubei. ^[1]

The lime tree has beautiful trees, white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn, which is very beautiful. Suitable for garden cultivation. Wood can be used to make fine furniture. Branches are used medicinally.