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Very sour, it is often used like lemon or lime to garnish dishes, but is also used to make jams, or a yellow juice, which can be thinned or sweetened. Its name is occasionally translated into English as calamansi (calamondin, Citrus × microcarpa), but this is a different fruit.
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.
The main producing areas are in the Layou River Valley and on the southwest coast. For many years Dominica was the principal source of fruit used in Rose's lime juice. In 1999, 21,000 tons of grapefruit, 1,000 tons of lemons and limes and 8,000 tons of oranges were produced.
Limes are a citrus fruit belonging to the Rutaceae family of flowering plants. Other popular fruits in the family include oranges , grapefruit, kumquats, lemons and tangerines.
Mediterranean sweet lemon Sweet lemon Sweet lime Citrus limetta (C. medica × C. × aurantium) Citrus limetta, alternatively considered to be a cultivar of Citrus limon, C. limon 'Limetta', is a species of citrus, commonly known as mousami, musami, sweet lime, sweet lemon, and sweet limetta, it is a member of the sweet lemons. It is small and ...
The juice can be used in place of that of the common Persian lime (also called Bearss lime). [13] The juice is extracted by crushing the whole fruit, and makes a flavorful drink similar to lemonade. A liqueur can be made from the whole fruits, in combination with vodka and sugar. [citation needed]
Sweet lime is served as juice and is good as a mixer for vodka or rum. It is the most common available citrus juice in the Indian subcontinent. The juice is commonly sold at mobile road stalls. Like most citrus, the fruit is rich in vitamin C, providing 50 mg per 100 g serving and antioxidants. [11]
Sweet limes and lemons are not sharply separated: The sweet lime, Citrus limettioides Tan. (syn. C. lumia Risso et Poit.), is often confused with the sweet lemon, C. limetta Tan., (q.v. under LEMON) which, in certain areas, is referred to as "sweet lime". In some of the literature, it is impossible to tell which fruit is under discussion. [2]