Medicinal
Florida Key Lime
Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Southeast Asia (cultivated)
Fun factThe species name comes from Latin aurantium (orange) and folia (leaves), because its leaves resemble those of the orange tree.
A vigorous, thorny large shrub or small tree with glossy evergreen leaves that are aromatic when crushed. Fragrant white flowers tinged with purple are followed by small round, thin-skinned, seedy fruits that are picked green and ripen yellow, with a sharper and more aromatic juice than the larger Persian lime. It was grown commercially in the Florida Keys in the nineteenth century, which gave it its English name.
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2on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyRutaceae
Spanish nameLimón criollo
Also known asKey lime, Mexican lime, Citrus Tree - Florida Key Lime, Key lime
Native toA cultigen thought to have arisen in the eastern Himalaya region and tropical South-east Asia; not known in the wild
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
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| — | — | B | — | Planted | — | |
| — | — | — | 24 May 2018 | Planted | — |
2 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.