Citrus Healthy Plants are typically evergreen Healthy Trees or shrubs with glossy oval-shaped leaves many species have thorns. The flowers are usually white with five petals and are very fragrant. The fruits are a type of modified berry known as a hesperidium, and the flesh is divided into segments packed with tiny juice-filled vesicles. The peel, or rind, of the fruits is leathery and studded with oil glands.