A lemon battery is a simple battery often made for the purpose of education. Typically, a piece of zinc metal and a piece of copper are inserted into a lemon and connected by wires. Power generated by reaction of the metals is used to power a small device such as a light-emitting diode (LED).
Potato battery with zinc (left) and copper electrodes. The zinc electrode is a galvanized machine screw. The copper electrode is a wire. Note the labels − and + marked on the potato indicating that the copper electrode is the positive terminal of the battery. A short screw and nut connect the electrodes to the copper wires that have black and red insulating plastic coatings.
The lemon is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar, and China.
Lemon
Lemon seedling
Full-sized tree
Flower