“Normal” lemons are mutants. They’re a hybrid of two different Citrus species, citron and bitter orange, that both look weirder than lemons. In fact, one variety of citron, Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, is nicknamed “Buddha’s hand” and looks like this:
So what it appears (to me, at least, as someone who isn’t a biologist or citrus expert) is that that lemon happened to mutate again in such a way that it started partially expressing an ancestral form.
I think you’re lying. I think you are a biologist or at least a citrus expert! Liar!
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(…Well, except maybe staying away from topics in which it would be relevant to post facts about lemons. That’d probably work.)
one day you’ll be browsing Lemmy minding your own business, and – BAM! – lemon fact.
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