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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.
Citrus assamensis, the adajamir or ginger lime, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to Assam and Bangladesh. It is locally cultivated for its fruit, which give a very sour juice with an aroma reminiscent of ginger or eucalyptus. Key lime: Citrus × aurantiifolia: Persian lime Tahiti lime Bearss lime Citrus × latifolia
Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, [2] Bearss lime [3] and Tahiti lime, [3] is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. [2] The Persian lime is a triploid cross between Key lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia) and lemon (Citrus × limon). [4] [5]
Citrus wintersii, also known as Citrus papuana (Brown River finger lime) [14] [16] has, as the name suggests, a small, thin fruit, pointed at both ends (pictures, more pictures). It grows near Port Moresby .
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]
Citrus wintersii, the Brown River finger lime, is a shrub native to the Brown River region in Papua-New Guinea. [1] It was previously known as Microcitrus papuana. [2] [3] It has, as the "finger" name suggests, a small, thin fruit, pointed at both ends. [4] It grows near Port Moresby. [4]
Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Its stone-bearing fruits , commonly called quenepa, ‘’’kenèp’’’ or guinep , are edible.
Papeda or papaeda is the common name for a group of Citrus species and varieties native to tropical Asia that are hardy and slow-growing, and produce unpalatable fruit. Walter Tennyson Swingle segregated these species into a separate subgenus, Papeda , that included the Ichang lemon , yuzu , kaffir lime , kabosu , sudachi , and a number of wild ...