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Scientific Name: | Citrus x latifolia |
Common Name: | Persian lime |
Family Name: | Rutaceae |
Origin: | Garden origin |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant |
Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Indoor plant |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Serrate |
Flowers: | Cyme, White, Can flower any month |
Fruit: | Edible, Hesperidium, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Yellow, Green |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate, most indoor blades ovate, 7-10cm x 3-5cm wide, margin usually serrate, glossy; flowers white, 2-3cm wide, very fragrant; fruit a green (-yellow) lime. |