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Citrus limettioides, Palestinian sweet lime or Indian sweet lime or Lima tree or common sweet lime, alternatively considered a cultivar of Citrus × limon, C. × limon 'Indian Lime', [1] is a low-acid lime used in Palestine for food, juice and rootstock. It is a member of the sweet limes.
The Indian sweet lime is the mitha nimbu (numerous modifications and other local names) of India, the limûn helou or succari of Egypt, and the Palestine sweet lime (to distinguish it from the Millsweet and Tunisian limettas, commonly called sweet limes). [3]
The orange is also a symbol for Palestinians; [19] The Land of Sad Oranges (Arabic: أرض البرتقال الحزين) is the title of a famous story by Palestinian journalist and writer Ghassan Kanafani, that explores the Nakba through the eyes of a young child who lived and grew up in an orange grove in Palestine. The orange is utilized as ...
It is a different fruit from the Palestinian sweet lime [5] and from familiar sour limes such as the Key lime and the Persian lime. However, genomic analysis revealed it to be highly similar to the Rhobs el Arsa, and the two likely represent progeny of distinct crosses of the same citrus parents. [3]
The Persian lime is a triploid cross between Key lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia) and lemon (Citrus × limon). [4] [5] Although there are other citrus species that are referred to as "limes", the Persian lime is the most widely cultivated lime species commercially, [6] and accounts for the largest share of the fruits sold as limes. The fruit ...
From the thick, sweet peel a jam is made. [159] The ripe fruits are very sweet and can be eaten as they are. Before eating it is recommended to remove the seeds containing stiff hairs. [159] For rose hip tea, simply put 1-2 teaspoons of dried rose hips in a tea pot, let it sit for 15–20 minutes, then strain into a cup.
The fruit and flower of a Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia) Makrut lime fruit. A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, green in color, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles.
The balady citron is a variety of citron, or etrog, grown in Israel and the West Bank, mostly for Jewish ritual purposes.Not native to the region, it was imported around 500 or 300 BCE by either Jewish or Greek settlers.