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A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green in colour, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) ... Only vitamin C content at 35% of the Daily Value ...
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 ...
Dried lime, also known as: black lime; [1] noomi basra ; [2] limoo amani ; and loomi , [3] is a lime that has lost its water content, usually after having spent a majority of its drying time in the sun.
Australian lime, a species of Citrus native to Australia and Papua New Guinea; Key lime, a citrus hybrid with a spherical fruit; Persian lime, a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin; Tilia, a genus of trees known in Britain as lime trees, lime-wood, basswood, or linden; Wild lime or Zanthoxylum fagara, a green fruit native to the Americas
The Key lime tree (also referred to in the vernacular as the “Mexican lime”) is a slender tree which grows to heights of 2.0–4.0 m (6.6–13.1 ft), bears scentless flowers (with white stems and yellow anthers) that mature into fruits, singly, in pairs or in larger clusters. The fruit, which is generally 25–51 mm (0.98–2.01 in) in ...
Zanthoxylum fagara or wild lime, is a species of flowering plant that—despite its name—is not part of the genus Citrus with real limes and other fruit, but is a close cousin in the larger citrus family, Rutaceae. It is more closely related to Sichuan pepper.
The Key lime cultivar is a citrus hybrid, Citrus micrantha × Citrus medica (a papeda-citron cross). [9] [10] [11] The Key lime has given rise to several other lime varieties. The best known, the triploid progeny of a Key lime-lemon cross, is the Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia), the most widely produced lime
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