Famiglia: Limette – Citrus Aurantifolia
\nNome botanico in latino: C. limonia
\nDisponibile mezzo fusto o cespuglio
\nVaso di diametro 20 o 22 cm<\/p>\n
The tree is medium-sized, with a spreading, drooping shape, a few small thorns on the younger thin branches, and small, green leaves similar to the mandarin. The flowers are small with bright mauve petals. The fruit is smallish, variable in shape but usually spherical or flattened, and may have a small furrowed pedicel lobe. The orangey-red rind is thin and loosely attached to the flesh, which is orange and very sour with numerous small seeds.
\nThere are various clonal varieties of this plant. The most common of these are. \u201cRangpur lime\u201d in India, \u201cJapanisce lime\u201d in Java, \u201cPhilippine red lime\u201d in the Philippines and \u201climao cravo\u201d in Brazil. There is also a semi-dwarf version with sweet fruit, used as an ornamental plant: the \u201cOtaheite orange\u201d.
\nThe Rangpur lime is mainly used as a rootstock for orange and mandarin in Brazil, due to its high resistance to the Tristeza virus. The fruit is also used to flavour a well-known English brand of gin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1292],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10945","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-limes","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"yoast_head":"\n