270 Weird Facts About Lemons

270 Interesting Facts About Lemons

Lemons are native to Asia.
An average lemon contains eight seeds.
An average lemon holds three tablespoons of juice.
The juice of a lemon contains 5% of citric acid.
There are roughly fifteen calories in each lemon.
Lemons are a hybrid between a sour orange and a citron.
Lemons are rich in vitamin C.
Lemons trees can produce up to 600lbs of lemons every year.
Lemon trees produce fruit all year round.
Lemon zest, grated rinds, is often used in baking.
Lemon tree leaves can be used to make tea.
The high acidity of lemons make them good cleaning aids.
California and Arizona produces most of the United States’ lemon crop.
The most common types of lemons are the Meyer, Eureka, and Lisbon lemons.
They can prevent scurvy.
To power a flashlight bulb, you need 500 wired lemons to conduct electricity.
The heaviest lemon was 11 pounds, 9.7 ounces in 2003.
Lemon was a common unisex name in the 1900’s.
Lemons are technically berries.
Historians believe that lemons have been around since first century A.D.
It is believed that they cultivated from the Mediterranean.
There are three common lemons which are Bearss, Eureka and Lisbon.
Lemon trees produce fruit all year round.
Arizona and California produce most of the United States’ lemon crop.
Lemon-tree leaves can be used to make tea.
The lemon is also known as Citrus limon.
It is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae.
Lemon is native to South Asia.
Primarily North eastern India.
India is the largest lemon producer in the world.
India produces approximately 3 million tons of lemons per year.
The top 5 lemon-producing countries are India, Mexico, China, Argentina, and Brazil.
The tree’s ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world.
It primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses.
The pulp and rind are also used in cooking and baking.
Women used lemon juice to redden their lips during the Renaissance.
Lemons were the primary commercial source of citric acid before the development of fermentation-based processes.
In USA California and Arizona produce 95% of the entire lemon crop.
An average lemon holds three tablespoons of juice.
Lemons have a sour taste due to 5-6% citric acid within it.
Lemons will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks and at room temperature for 2 weeks.
Due to high in vitamin C, Lemons can prevent the scurvy disease which used to be common among sailors. Even today, the British Navy requires ships to carry enough lemons to avoid scurvy.
Lemon is the only food in the world that is anionic.
In 2003, the heaviest lemon ever grown was recorded in KefarZeitim, Israel.
Lemons contain more potassium than apples or grapes.
In Morocco, lemons are preserved in jars or barrels of salt.
The most common types of lemons are the Eureka, Meyer, and Lisbon lemons.
Lemon zest, grated rinds, is often used in baking.
Eureka lemons are very high in vitamin C, which protects against various diseases and contributes to a strong immune system.
The Sorrento lemon is native to Italy.
In 2016, world production of lemons was 17.3 million tonnes.
Lemon oil is used in aromatherapy.
Menton in the French Riviera celebrates an annual Lemon Festival.
Christopher Columbus took lemon seeds with him to America’s in 1493.
The distinctive sour taste of lemon juice makes it a key ingredient in drinks and foods such as lemonade and lemon meringue pie.
The origin of the lemon is unknown.
Though lemons are thought to have first grown in Assam (a region in northeast India), northern Burma or China.
A genomic study of the lemon indicated it was a hybrid between bitter orange (sour orange) and citron.
A lemon tree can live until its 50 years old.
But with proper care and maintenance, it can live over 100 years.
Young lemon plants have reddish leaves.
It is easy to spot a baby lemon tree because of its reddish leaves.
As it matures, its leaves become dark-green in colour.
Flowering commonly happens in spring.
Its whole cycle is the followinf one: Fruiting cycle starts in summer, and then the tree begins to turn from green to yellow in fall or winter.
Lemon flowers have a zesty citrus delight.
Although lemon flowers are mildly scented, they have an unmissable aroma that is described to be the “happiest smell in the world”.
Lemon fruits, however, have a more profound, eccentric citrus scent that you’ll love to sniff!
Lemon flowers have 4 or 5 petals that are an inch long.
When in full bloom, the buds appear white on the inside and purplish on the outside. Lemon flowers have yellow anthers.
Lemon fruits ripen between 4 to 12 months after flowering.
One lemon fruit has around 30 calories.Lemons trees can produce up to 600lbs of lemons every year.
Lemon trees produce fruit all year round.
Lemon tree leaves can be used to make tea.
The inner part of the peel called the “mesocarp” or “albedo” is the chief source of commercial grades of pectin.
A lemon fruit has on average 8 to 9 segments within itself.
Lemons are nature’s best insect repellent.
One lemon fruit contains about 51% of your daily recommended vitamin C intake.
A 1/2-cup (or 125 ml) of lemon juice per day may help prevent kidney stone formation.
Lemons entered Europe near southern Italy no later than the second century AD, during the time of Ancient Rome.
However, they were not widely cultivated.
The name Lemon is derived from an Asian word for “sour fruit”.
Lemons are technically berries.
Lemons are a hybrid between a sour orange and a citron.
Attaching electrodes to a lemon using a battery generates electricity.
Lemons are rich in vitamin C.
Lemons trees can produce up to 600lbs of lemons every year.
The origin of the word lemon may be Middle Eastern.
The word draws from the Old French limon, then Italian limone, from the Arabic laymūn or līmūn, and from the Persian līmūn.
It is a generic term for citrus fruit.
Citrus fruit is a cognate of Sanskrit .
Lemon is a fruit, and it is misleading to ask if it is a vegetable, despite the fact many people believe so. Technically speaking, a vegetative part of a plant (any part, to be honest) can be called a vegetable. On the other hand, the definition of what fruit is is more precise and specific.
Lemons are technically berries.
There are 2 types of lemons – Acidic and sweet.
Acidic lemons are those that are grown commercially.
Sweet lemons are those that are homegrown by gardeners.
There are three common lemons which are Bearss, Eureka and Lisbon.
Lemons were introduced to Persia and then Iraq and Egypt around 700 AD.
The lemon was first recorded in literature in the 10th century.
The Eureka lemon was first produced in California and has an oval or oblong shape.
Eureka lemons are available during the late winter and early spring months.
The first substantial cultivation of lemons began in Genoa(Europe).
In 1849, during the California Gold Rush, miners were willing to pay huge amounts of money for a single lemon.
Honey and lemon taken together can help reduce your extra weight.
The lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dissolvent of uric acid and other poisons and also liquefies the bile. Fresh lemon juice added to a large glass of water in the morning is a great liver detoxifier. This also increases peristalsis and promotes regular bowels.
The citric acid in lemon juice helps to dissolve gallstones, calcium deposits, and kidney stones. It also destroys intestinal worms.
Lemon has many anti-cancer compounds which may kill cancer cells. It may be more effective than some of the chemotherapeutic agents.
The health benefits of lemons are due to its many nutritious elements like vitamin C, vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin E, folate, niacin thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus and protein. Lemon also contains flavonoids, which are composites that contain antioxidant and cancer fighting properties. It helps prevent diabetes, constipation, high blood pressure, fever, indigestion, as well as improve the skin, hair, and teeth.
Studies conducted at the American Urological Association highlight the fact that lemonade or lemon juice can eliminate the occurrence of kidney stones by forming urinary citrate, which prevents the formation of crystals.
Lemons have powerful antibacterial properties; experiments have found the juice of lemons destroy the bacteria of malaria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid and other deadly diseases.
The lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dissolvent of uric acid and other poisons and also liquefies the bile.
Lemon has many anti-cancer compounds which may kill cancer cells.
Edmund Hillary – a first man to reach on to the top of Mt. Everest said that his success on Mt. Everest was greatly due to lemons.Lemon has 2 inches wide flowers that are composed of 5 white petioles.
Lemon is used in traditional Indian medicine.
Spanish conquest throughout the New World helped spread lemon seeds.
In the 19th century, lemons were increasingly planted in Florida and California.
The average lifespan of lemon trees is over 50 years. With proper care and disease prevention practices, a vigorous tree can live over 100 years.
The lemon tree is small evergreen tree reaches 3 to 6 meters (10 to 20 feet) in height and usually has sharp thorns on the twigs.
The leaves are alternate, reddish when young, become dark-green above, light-green below; are oblong, elliptic or long-ovate, 6.25 to 11.25 centimeters (2 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches) long, finely toothed, with slender wings on the petioles.
The flowers are mildly fragrant and may be solitary or there may be 2 or more clustered in the leaf axils. Buds are reddish; the opened flowers have 4 or 5 petals 2 centimeters (3/4 inch) long, white on the upper surface (inside), purplish beneath (outside), and 20-40 more or less united stamens with yellow anthers.
The fruit is oval with a broad, low, apical nipple and forms 8 to 10 segments. The outer rind, or peel, yellow when ripe and rather thick in some varieties, is prominently dotted with oil glands. The white spongy inner part of the peel, called the mesocarp or albedo, is nearly tasteless and is the chief source of commercial grades of pectin. The seeds are small, ovoid, and pointed; occasionally fruits are seedless. The pulp is decidedly acidic.
Lemons need a minimum temperature of around 7 °C (45 °F), so they are not hardy year round in temperate climates, but become hardier as they mature.
The top five lemon-producing countries are India, Mexico, China, Argentina, and Brazil.
In the United States, lemons are grown primarily in California and Arizona.
A study of the genetic origin of the lemon reported it to be hybrid between bitter orange (sour orange) and citron.
The origin of the word “lemon” may be Middle Eastern. The word draws from the Old French limon, then Italian limone, from the Arabic laymūn or līmūn, and from the Persian līmūn, a generic term for citrus fruit, which is a cognate of Sanskrit (nimbū, “lime”).
Mixture composed of equal amount of warm water and lemon juice is used for gargling as a home-made remedy for sore throat due to antibacterial properties.
Lemons’ antibacterial properties due to citric acid and antifungal properties make them a natural alternative to treat acne and remove blackheads. Simply slice open a lemon and rub it across your face. Or you can add a few drops of honey to a lemon half before applying it directly to the area where you have blackheads. Wait 5 to 10 minutes before rinsing off with cold water.
Lemon is best known as a rich source of vitamin C providing 53 mg of Vitamin C per 100 gm which helps reduce free radicals in the body. Vitamin C also promotes production of collagen which is very important for new bone, blood vessels, ligaments and tendons.
Lemon also contains valuable minerals such as potassium, zinc, calcium and magnesium.
Lemons contain more potassium than apples or grapes. The potassium is very useful to control blood pressure maintaining electrolyte balance in cells. Potassium also promotes healthy heart.
Lemon trees can produce up to 600 pounds in a year and can grow up to 20 feet tall.
California and Arizona produce 95% of the entire lemon crop.
Today, the British Navy requires all ships to carry enough lemons so that every sailor can have an ounce of juice a day.
Sprinkling the juice on other fruits can prevent them turning brown.
Lemon juice and hot water is good for a sore throat as it is anti-bacterial.
Lemons used to be so rare that kings used to present them to each other as gifts.
During the California Gold Rush in 1849, miners were willing to pay huge amounts of money for a single lemon.
During the Renaissance, ladies used the juice of a lemon to redden their lips.
For natural highlights in your hair, apply lemon juice daily, for a week.
Wealthy Victorians grew lemons trees in their homes as a sign of prestige and to be a fragrant.
In February and March, Menton in the French Riviera celebrates an annual lemon festival.
Lemon oil is used in unsealed rosewood fingerboards of stringed instruments.
The lemon shark is named for its yellowish skin.
The lemon is the fruit of a citrus plant belonging to the genus Citrus lemon.
The origin of the lemon is unknown, though lemons are thought to have first grown in Assam (a region in northeast India), northern Burma or China.
Lemons entered Europe near southern Italy no later than the 2nd century AD, during time of Ancient Rome.
They were introduced to Persia and then to Iraq and Egypt around 700 AD.
The lemon was introduced into Spain and North Africa sometime between the years 1000 and 1200 AD. It was further distributed through Europe by the Crusaders, who found it growing in Palestine.
The first substantial cultivation of lemons in Europe began in Genoa around 1450 AD.
Lemons came to the New World in 1493, when Christopher Columbus brought lemon seeds to Hispaniola.
Lemon trees usually bloom throughout the year, and the fruit is picked 6 to 10 times a year. One tree can produce between 225 and 270 kilograms (500 and 600 pounds) of lemons in a year.
A whole raw lemon contains 139 percent of the daily recommended vitamin C intake and has 22 calories.
The lemon peel contains the potent phytonutrient tangeretin, which has been proven to be effective for brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
The whole lemon is used to make marmalade, lemon curd and lemon liqueur.
In Morocco, lemons are preserved in jars or barrels of salt. The salt penetrates the peel and rind, softening them, and curing them so that they last almost indefinitely. The preserved lemon is used in a wide variety of dishes.
Lemon juice can be stored for later use by putting freshly squeezed lemon juice in ice cube trays until frozen, then store them in containers in the freezer.
Lemon juice is frequently used in the United Kingdom to add to pancakes, especially on Shrove Tuesday.
Once upon a time lemons were presented as gifts to kings because they were so rare.
The world’s heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on 8 January 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The lemon’s circumference was 74 cm (29 in) and 35 cm (13.7 in) high and it grew with another large lemon.
The top 5 producers of lemons in the world each year are China, India, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.
The juice of the lemon is about 5% to 6% citric acid, with a pH of around 2.2, giving it a sour taste.
They were later introduced to Persia and then to Iraq and Egypt around 700 AD.
The lemon was first recorded in literature in a 10th-century Arabic treatise on farming, and was also used as an ornamental plant in early Islamic gardens.
It was distributed widely throughout the Arab world and the Mediterranean region between 1000 and 1150.
An article on Lemon and lime tree cultivation in Andalusia of Spain is brought down in Ibn al-‘Awwam’s 12th-century agricultural work, Book on Agriculture.
The first substantial cultivation of lemons in Europe began in Genoa in the middle of the 15th century.
The lemon was later introduced to the Americas in 1493.
Actually, Christopher Columbus brought lemon seeds to Hispaniola on his voyages.
Spanish conquest throughout the New World helped spread lemon seeds.
It was mainly used as an ornamental plant and for medicine.
In the 19th century, lemons were increasingly planted in Florida and California.
In 1747, James Lind’s experiments on seamen suffering from scurvy involved adding lemon juice to their diets, though vitamin C was not yet known as an important dietary ingredient.
The Spanish colonization of the Americas helped spread lemon seeds in 1519. Although Christopher Columbus’ lemon seeds might only be limited to the Hispaniola, they soon reached its neighbouring continents and countries during the Spanish conquest.
The name Lemon is said to have been derived from an Asian word for “sour fruit”. Lemons are technically berries.
The lemon is native to Asia, around Northeast India, North Burma, and China.
Historians believe that lemons have been around since first century A.D. It is believed they were initially cultivated in the Mediterranean.
Lemons used to be so rare that kings used to present them to each other as gifts. Wealthy Victorians grew lemons trees in their homes as a sign of prestige and to be a fragrant.
Lemons are believed to be a hybrid between a sour orange and a citron.
Lemon tree can grow up to 20 feet tall. The lemon is an evergreen tree, it blooms with a white flower and produces fruit all year around. Each tree can produce nearly 250 kg of lemons a year.
Lemon tree can amazingly survive more than 100 years, but production of fruit ceases after 50 years.
Lemon has evergreen, leathery leaves that are oval or elliptic in shape about 4 inches long. They can be used to make tea.
Christopher Columbus took lemon seeds with him to the America’s in 1493, introducing the fruit there.
The top 5 producers of lemons in the world each year are China, India, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. In USA California and Arizona produce 95% of the entire lemon crop.
An average lemon holds three tablespoons of juice. Lemons have a sour taste due to 5-6% citric acid within it. There are roughly 15 calories in each lemon. Common varieties of lemon include Meyer, Eureka, and Lisbon.
Lemons should be fully yellow. The ones with green tinges have not fully ripened and will be very acidic. Over-ripe lemons will have a wrinkling look, soft or hard patches and will not be a vibrant yellow.
Lemons will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks and at room temperature for 2 weeks.
Lemon juice is the main ingredient of lemonade. Lemon zest (grated outer rind) is used for flavor in baking of cakes, sponges and biscuits and puddings.
Due to its high acidic content, the juice of a lemon can be used for cleaning. Lemon halves dipped in salt or baking powder can be used to brighten up copper and clean kitchenware.
Because lemons are high in vitamin C, they can prevent the disease scurvy which used to be common among sailors stuck on ships for months. Even today, the British Navy requires ships to carry enough lemons since naval surgeon cured scurvy with fresh lemons in 1747.
Lemons are acidic to the taste, but are one of the most alkaline-forming foods in the body. This makes them great for balancing a highly acidic condition in the body.
The lemon is the only food in the world that is anionic (an ion with a negative charge). All other foods are cationic (the ion has a positive charge.) This makes it very healthy fruit as it is the interaction between anions and cations that ultimately provides the cells with energy.
In 2003, the heaviest lemon ever grown was recorded in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. It weighed 5.265 kg, had a circumference of 74 cm and was 35 cm high.
Sprinkling the juice on other fruits can prevent them turning brown.
Lemon fruit is used in the production of marmalades and alcoholic beverages, such as vodka.
You may make a homemade teeth whitener using baking soda and lemon juice. Mix the two ingredients into a bubbly solution and put onto your teeth for no more than one minute and gently scrub off with a toothbrush.
Lemons can get rid of oily skin. Swiping a cotton swab with a little lemon juice is very effective if done before bedtime and in the morning.
Lemon can brighten your hair color. Combine lemon juice and hair conditioner, comb through strands, sit in the sun for some time and wash out. Repeat at least once a week, and you will notice lighter hairs.
Using olive oil with lemon juice strengthen nails. The solution will not only condition weak and brittle nails, but it will also whiten yellowing nails.
Massaging a combination of coconut oil, olive oil and raw honey with lemon juice onto your scalp is a simple household solution for dry scalp and dandruff.
Lemon soothe chapped lips acting as exfoliant. Rub the sliced lemon fruit to your lips and wash off the next morning. The lemon juice will remove any dead skin cells and your lipstick is super smooth.
Lemon juice keeps bananas, apples, avocados and other fresh fruit from turning dark for hours!
You can make buttermilk using lemon juice. Add one tablespoon of lemon juice with enough milk to make one cup. Buttermilk is ready in 5 minutes!
Amazingly lemon can be used as a battery. Dipping of electrodes into the fruit produces energy that is high enough to run a small digital watch.
When there is insufficient oxygen and difficulty in breathing lemons are very helpful. The first man to reach the top of Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary, said that his success on Mt. Everest was greatly due to lemons.
According to The Reams Biological Ionization Theory (RBTI), the lemon is the ONLY food in the world that is anionic (an ion with a negative charge). All other foods are cationic (the ion has a positive charge.) This makes it extremely useful to health as it is the interaction between anions and cations that ultimately provides all cell energy.
In India, Ayurveda medicine values the lemon as a fruit and for its properties. It is sour, warm, promoter of gastric fire, light, good for vision, pungent and astringent.
Lemon juice, rind, and peel are used in a wide variety of foods and drinks.
Lemonade, made with lemon, sugar, and water, is a popular warm-weather beverage, and the juice itself is commonly added to tea.

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