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Citrus hystrix DC. - syn. Citrus torosa Blanco - Rutaceae - Kaffir lime, Mauritius papeda, Kaffernlimette, Kaffir-Limette, Makrut-Limette, Langdorniger Orangenbaum
Tree 3-6 m tall, exact native range obscure, probably tropical Asia, naturalized and cultivated there; branchlets with spines; leaves dark red when young, ovate, margin apically conspicuously and sparsely crenate, apex narrowly obtuse; inflorescences with (1 or)3-5 flowers; flower buds globose, calyx lobes 4 or 5, broadly triangular,petals white but pinkish red outside, 7-10mm; fruit lemon yellow, ellipsoid to subglobose, 5-7 × 3-5 cm, slightly coarse or smooth, oil dots numerous and prominent.
„Selected forms are cultivated throughout the warm parts of the world for their culinary (leaves) and medicinal (fruit) uses. All named taxa (save perhaps some from central Malesia) seem to have been based on cultivated plants as discussed by Mabberley (Gard. Bull. Singapore 54: 173-184. 2002).“
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