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The tree is a triploid cross between Key Lime (Citrus _ aurantiifolia) and Lemon (Citrus limon) [7].It is nearly thornless. The fruit is about 6 centimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) in diameter, often with slightly nippled ends, and is usually sold while green, although it yellows as it reaches full ripeness.
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. [1] [2] In Great Britain and Ireland they are commonly called lime trees, although they are not related to the citrus lime. The genus ...
Tilia cordata, the small-leaved lime or small-leaved linden, is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Europe. Other common names include little-leaf or littleleaf linden , [ 2 ] or traditionally in South East England, pry or pry tree . [ 3 ]
A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green in colour, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. [1] There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (Citrus aurantiifolia), Persian lime, kaffir lime, finger lime, blood lime, and desert lime.
Water your lime tree when the top 1 to 2 inches of soil feels dry to the touch (about once every seven to 10 days, depending on humidity and temperature). “Avoid overwatering, as lime trees are ...
Citrus glauca in the wild. Citrus glauca, commonly known as the desert lime, is a thorny shrub or small tree native to Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. [2] [3] The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records the common names native kumquat and desert lemon.
It is widely grown as an ornamental tree throughout Europe. The cultivar 'Brabant' has a strong central stem and a symmetrical conic crown. The cultivar 'Petiolaris' (pendent or weeping silver lime) differs in longer leaf petioles 4–8 cm long and drooping leaves; it is of unknown origin and usually sterile, and may be a hybrid with another Tilia species.
The name "lime", possibly a corruption of "line" originally from "lind", has been in use for centuries and also attaches to other species of Tilia. [3] It is not, however, closely related to the lime fruit tree, a species of citrus. The specific epithet platyphyllos (greek: πλατύφυλλος) means in greek "with broad leaves". [4]