Lime (fruit)
The lime (from Arabic and French lim) refers to a gaggle of trees from the citrus family, or a lot of normally to the citrus fruits created by it. Limes square measure generally spherical, lime green, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter, and contain bitter (acidic) pulp. There square measure many species of citrus trees whose fruits square measure referred to as limes, as well as the lime (Citrus aurantifolia) Limes square measure a wonderful supply of ascorbic acid, and square measure typically accustomed accent the flavours of foods and beverages. {they square measure|they\'re} big year-round in tropical climates and are sometimes smaller and fewer bitter than lemons, though varieties might take issue in sugar and acidic content. Plants with fruit referred to as \"limes\" have various genetic origins; limes don't comprise a monophyletic cluster.
Plants called \"lime\":
Australian Desert lime (Citrus glauca)
Australian finger lime (Citrus australasica)
Blood lime (red finger lime x (sweet orange x mandarin) )
Kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix); conjointly referred to as a kieffer lime, makrut, or magrood; a papeda relative.
lime (Citrus aurantifolia=Citrus micrantha x Citrus medica); conjointly referred to as Mexican, American, or bartender\'s lime.
Musk lime
Persian lime (Citrus x latifolia), conjointly referred to as island or Bearss lime.
rangpur (Mandarin lime, lemandarin), a mandarin orange – rough lemonhybrid
Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus); conjointly calledmamoncillo, mamón, ginep, quenepa, or limoncillo); not a citrus.
Citrus limon etc. (Citrus limetta etc.); various citrus hybrids) as well as varieties referred to as Citrus limetta, sweet limetta or Mediterranean Citrus limetta, lumia, Indian or Palestinian Citrus limon.
Wild lime (Adelia ricinella); not a citrus.
Limequat (lime × kumquat)
The tree best-known in UK because the lime tree (Tilia sp.), referred to as the linden in different dialects of English, could be a deciduous temperate plant unrelated to the citrus fruits.
