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The Australian Outback Lime, a cultivar of the desert lime (C. glauca) 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 .
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.
Citrus australasica, the finger lime or caviar lime, is a thorny understorey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It has edible fruits which are grown as a commercial crop.
Australian limes (former Microcitrus and Eremocitrus) Australian desert lime (Citrus glauca) Australian finger lime (Citrus australasica) Australian lime (Citrus australis) Blood lime (red finger lime × (sweet orange × mandarin)) Makrut lime (Citrus hystrix); a papeda relative, is one of the three most widely produced limes globally. [4]
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 warburgiana, the kakamadu or New Guinea wild lime, [1] [2] grows on the south coast of the Papuan Peninsula near Alotau [3] [4] in Papua-New Guinea. It is a poorly known tree species. It has dark green, spherical fruits about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in diameter. [5] [6] It is taxonomically an Australian lime:
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Blood limes (or 'Australian Blood Lime') are a hybrid citrus fruit developed by the CSIRO project to investigate salt-resistant crops. [1]While the limes proved suitable for high-salt conditions, they have seen no commercial development; the first commercial crop appeared in markets in Australia in July 2004, and are under consideration for export.