• Question: Why do lemons and limes look a lot like oranges?

    Asked by star44bat to Min, Marcello, Katie, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 19 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Katie Starsmore

      Katie Starsmore answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Because they all belong to the citrus family. but generally you can tell the difference between these by the colour and size of the fruit. Lemons are usually yellow, limes are green and oranges are normally orange

    • Photo: Dheeraj Rathore

      Dheeraj Rathore answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      As lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruits are all members of same family and generally called as citrus fruits. But they have different levels of sugars and other chemical compound which distinct them from each other.

    • Photo: Aoife McHugh

      Aoife McHugh answered on 22 Nov 2019:

      These are all citrus fruits, and so all look similar.

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