Myrtaceae
Lemon myrtle
Backhousia citriodora
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Backhousia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Sitroenmirt
- Arabic
- آس الليمون
- arz
- آس الليمون
- Chinese
- 檬香桃
- English
- Lemon myrtle, Lemon scented ironwood, Lemon scented myrtle
- German
- Zitronenmyrte
- Japanese
- レモンマートル
- Polish
- Mirt cytrynowy
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Petra Holland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HelloMojo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: division, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.