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Australian lime

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The Australian Outback Lime, a cultivar of the desert lime (C. glauca)

Australian limes are species of the plant genus Citrus that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

These species were formerly included in the genera Microcitrus and Eremocitrus.[1][2][3] They have been used as a food source by indigenous Australians and Indigenous New Guineans as well as early settlers and are used in modern Australian cuisine, including marmalade and sauces.[4][5]

Species include:

Australian limes

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Species from Australia

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Natural species

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Cultivars

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Blood Lime (biggest, red), Sunrise Lime (orange, pear-shaped) and the Outback Lime, a small, green cultivar of the desert lime

A number of cultivars have been developed in recent years. These can be grafted on to standard citrus rootstocks. They may be grown as ornamental trees in the garden or in containers.[10] Grafted standards are available for some varieties.[1] The cultivars include:

  • 'Australian Outback' (or 'Australian Desert'), developed from several desert lime varieties
  • 'Australian Red Centre' (or 'Australian Blood' or Blood Lime[citation needed]), a cross of finger lime[11] and a mandarin-lemon or mandarin-sweet orange hybrid
  • 'Australian Sunrise', a hybrid cross of finger lime and a calomondin which is pear shaped and orange inside
  • 'Rainforest Pearl', a pink-fruited form of finger lime from Bangalow, New South Wales
  • 'Sunrise Lime ', parentage unknown[11]
  • 'Outback Lime', a desert lime cultivar[11]

Species from Papua New Guinea

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Citrus species in Papua New Guinea have not been extensively studied, so the true number of species is unknown.

Identification

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An identification key Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (p. 6 or 338) exists for the known Australian limes (not including species from Papua New Guinea). The leaves of some species broaden dramatically with age.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lindsay, Lenore. "Australian Limes". Australian Plants Online. Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. ^ "Eremocitrus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Microcitrus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Taming Wild Limes". Ecos Magazine (107). CSIRO publishing. 2001.
  5. ^ a b c d "Australian native citrus-wild species, cultivars and hybrids" (PDF). Primary Industries and Resources SA. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  6. ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  7. ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  10. ^ "From the outback to 'out the back'". CSIRO. 12 August 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  11. ^ a b c "CSIRO Science Image - CSIRO Science Image".
  12. ^ Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  13. ^ a b Paul I. Forster; Malcolm W. Smith. "Citrus wakonai P.I. Forst & M.W. Sm. (Rutaceae), a new species from Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Homecitrusgrowers.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  14. ^ a b Mike Saalfeld. "Citrus wakonai". Homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
  15. ^ Mike Saalfeld. "The_Quest_for_Wakonai page19". Homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
  16. ^ Jorma Koskinen; Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". Citruspages.free.fr.
  17. ^ "Microcitrus papuana". Homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
  18. ^ Andrés García Lor (2013). Organización de la diversidad genética de los cítricos (PDF) (Thesis). p. 79.
  19. ^ "microcitrus – mature and juvenile leaf forms". freeserve.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.