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Australian limes are species of the plant genus Citrus that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. These species were formerly included in the genera Microcitrus and Eremocitrus . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They have been used as a food source by indigenous Australians and Indigenous New Guineans as well as early settlers and are used in modern ...
Citrus garrawayi, the Mount White lime, is a tree native to the Cape York region of northern Queensland in Australia. It is an understory tree in tropical rainforests. [2] Citrus garrawayi is a shrub or small tree up to 15 m (49 ft), with broad lanceolate leaves. Fruits are elongated, yellowish-green with green pulp.
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.
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.
Citrus australis, the Dooja, round lime, Australian lime or Australian round lime, is a large shrub or small tree producing an edible fruit. It grows in forest margins in the Beenleigh area and northwards, in Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] Citrus australis is a tree up to 20 m (66 ft) tall.
For example, Seattle, Washington, and the city of Austin, Texas, are both in the USDA hardiness zone 9a because the map is a measure of the coldest temperature a plant can handle.
Citrus inodora or Microcitrus inodora, commonly known as Russell River lime or large leaf Australian wild lime, [2] [3] is a tree native to the Bellenden-Ker Range in northern Queensland, Australia. It grows in lowland tropical rainforest. Much of its native habitat has now been cleared for agricultural use, so the species has become quite rare.
Finger lime peel can be dried and used as a spice. [6] Commercial use of finger lime fruit started in the mid-1990s with boutique marmalades made from wild harvested fruit. By 2000 the finger lime was being sold in restaurants, and exported fresh. [6] The finger lime is grown on a commercial basis in Australia in response to high demand for the ...