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Microcitrus australasica (Australia Finger Lime)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 506393


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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Microcitrus
Species: Microcitrus australasica
 
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Plant Types edit
  • Fruit
  • Subtropical
  • Tree
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Height (Maximum) edit
  • 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 m)
Spread (Maximum) edit
  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
Flowering Start edit
  • Flowers Continuously
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Leaf Colour edit
  • Green - Dark
Leaf Shape edit
  • Elliptic
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Suitable For edit
  • Rainforest
  • Vegetable Garden
Sun Exposure edit
  • Partial Shade
Soil Types edit
  • Well-drained
  • Moist
  • Loamy / Medium
  • Rich
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Bloom Colour edit
  • White
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Skill Level edit
  • Beginner
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  brombear (1128)
toni (36069)


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  brombear (1128) wrote on Jan 29 2011
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I love this plant. The small 8 cm long fruits, banan like in shape, split open to reveal what resembles caviar but in clear, yellow, green or pink. They have a super zesty lime taste and hence make not only valuable contribution inculinary stakes but are visually stunning in drinks, salds, entrees, toppings on fish etc. orry northern hemispherers, it's a sub tropical to tropical fruit. An australin native, fruits almost all year around.

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Other names for this plant:
Citrus australasica



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