Botanical Name:
Citrus Limon
Description
The lemon trees can grow up to 10 to 20 feet (3-6m). When you go higher up the tree you can find thorns on the twigs. When the tree is young the leaves are a reddish, when they get older the leaves become a dark-green. Lemons are a yellow colour with seeds in most of the lemons.
What are its uses?
Lemons are used to controls high blood pressure and dizziness. You can use it to keep a smelly garbage away. When you have berry stain on our fingers you can wash them off with lemon juice.
Planting and growing lemons
Lemon trees are not that difficult to grow . It can grow with a variety of soils. It can grow in sunny places. It's the most sensitive to the cold than other citrus.
Recipes:
Lemon yogurt cake
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemon-yogurt-cake-recipe.html
Lemon Meringue Pie
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/lemon-meringue-pie-recipe.html
References
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lemon.html
http://www.trueactivist.com/45-uses-for-lemons-that-will-blow-your-socks-off/
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/how-to-grow-a-lemon-tree.htm