Lemon vs Lime - Difference and Comparison - Diffen

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	Lemon	Lime
Calcium:	15mg	22mg
Iron:	0.35mg	0.4mg
Phosphorous:	9.2mg	12mg
Magnesium:	4.6mg	4mg
Other minerals:	Traces of selenium, zinc, manganese and copper	Traces of selenium, zinc, manganese and copper
Kingdom:	Plantae	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida	Magnoliopsida
Subclass:	Rosidae	Rosidae
Order:	Sapindales	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus	Citrus
Species:	Citrus x limon	Citrus x latifolia
Taste:	Sour	Bitter/Sweet
Vitamin A:	2 IU	6.7 IU
Vitamin C:	4 mg	19 mg
Folate(imp during pregnancy):	No	5.5 mcg
Potassium:	80mg	68mg

Limes and lemons are both citrus fruits rich in Vitamin C.

Lemons are yellow and limes are green.

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Ummm to previous poster. I've had lime trees on my property while living in central america, I also had a lemon tree, The lime trees had limes, wich never turned yellow, and the lemon tree would have lemons that would turn yellow when ripe.

- by 68.204.160.224 on 2009-01-02 05:53:32

wow judging by the table limes are essentially better than lemons

- by 67.172.122.127 on 2008-12-29 08:56:03

Lemom amd Lime are exactly the SAME A Lime is nothing but an immature Lemon Has anyone EVER seen a Lime Tree or Rather Lemon Tree?

- by 68.14.9.146 on 2008-11-25 14:52:20

lemons are man made limes are natural lemons are highly acidic limes are highly alkaline stay away from lemons people they are very poisonous

- by 72.229.100.13 on 2008-07-01 17:20:40