Palestinian sweet lime

Citrus limettioides, Palestinian sweet lime or Indian sweet lime or common sweet lime, alternatively considered a cultivar of Citrus × limon, C. × limon 'Indian Lime',[1] is a low-acid lime used in Palestine for food, juice and rootstock. It is a member of the sweet limes. Like the Meyer lemon, it is the result of a cross between the citron (Citrus medica) and a mandarin/pomelo hybrid distinct from sweet and sour oranges.[2]

Palestinian sweet lime

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. limettioides
Binomial name
*Citrus limettioides* Tanaka
Synonyms[1]
Citrus medica L. var. limetta Wight & Arn.

It is distinct from the limetta which is sometimes also called sweet lime,[3][4] but derives from a citron/sour orange cross.

References

Porcher, Michel H.; et al. (1995), Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (M.M.P.N.D): Sorting Citrus Names, The University of Melbourne
Curk, Franck; Ollitrault, Frédérique; Garcia-Lor, Andres; Luro, François; Navarro, Luis; Ollitrault, Patrick (2016). "Phylogenetic origin of limes and lemons revealed by cytoplasmic and nuclear markers". Annals of Botany. 11: 565–583. doi:10.1093/aob/mcw005. PMC 4817432. PMID 26944784.
Palestine at Citrus Variety Collection Website
Robert Willard Hodgson, "Horticultural Varieties of Citrus", The Citrus Industry, 1, archived from the original on 2012-02-05

A Palestinian sweet lime

Citrus
True species	Australian and Papuan wild limes Citron Clymenia Ichang papeda Kaffir lime Kumquat Mandarin Mangshanyegan Pomelo
Major hybrids	Grapefruit Lemon Lime Orange
True and hybrid cultivars	Alemow Amanatsu Bergamot orange Bizzaria Bitter orange Blood lime Blood orange Byeonggyul Biasong Cam sành Cara cara navel Cherry orange Citrange Citrumelo Clementine Daidai Dekopon Encore Fairchild tangerine Florentine citron Hassaku orange Hebesu Hyuganatsu Imperial lemon Indian wild orange Iyokan Jabara Jaffa orange Jamaican tangelo Kabbad Kabosu Kakadu lime Kalpi Key lime Khasi papeda Kinkoji unshiu Kinnow Kishumikan Kiyomi Kobayashi mikan Komikan Kuchinotsu No. 37 Laraha Lemonade fruit Limón de Pica Lumia Mandelo Mandora Melanesian papeda Melogold Meyer lemon Micrantha Midknight Valencia Orange Murcott Myrtle-leaved orange tree New Zealand grapefruit Ōgonkan Orangelo/Chironja Oroblanco Palestinian sweet lime Persian lime Pixie mandarin Ponderosa lemon Ponkan Rangpur Reikou Rhobs el Arsa Rough lemon Samuyao Sanbokan Satsuma mandarin Setoka Shangjuan Shonan Gold Smith Red Valencia Sudachi Sweet lemon Sweet limetta Tangelo Tangerine Tangor Valencia orange Variegated pink lemon Volkamer lemon Winged lime Xã Đoài orange Yuukou mandarin Yuzu
Citrons	Balady citron Corsican citron Diamante citron Fingered citron/Buddha's hand Greek citron Moroccan citron Pompia Yemenite citron
Mandarin oranges	Cleopatra mandarin Shīkwāsā Koji orange Nanfengmiju Tachibana Willowleaf orange
Papedas	Celebes papeda Citrus halimii/Mountain "citron" Ichang papeda
Pomelos	Banpeiyu Dangyuja Kawachi Bankan
Australian and Papuan citrus (Microcitrus, Eromocitrus, Clymenia and Oxanthera subgenera)	Australian outback lime Australian round lime Brown River finger lime Desert lime Mount White lime (Microcitrus) New Guinea wild lime Russell River lime Clymenia Oxanthera
Kumquat hybrids (× Citrofortunella)	Calamansi Citrangequat Limequat Orangequat Procimequat Sunquat Yuzuquat
Related genera (perhaps properly Citrus)	Poncirus/Trifoliate orange Feroniella
Drinks	Calamansi juice Chūhai Curaçao Dried lime tea (noomi basra) Grapefruit juice Lemonade Limeade Orange juice Yuja-hwachae Yuja tea
Products	Calcium citrate Citric acid Lemonene Limonene Neroli Orange flower water Orange oil Orangeat Succade Zest
Diseases	Black spot Canker CTV/Tristeza Exocortis Greening Mal secco Phytophthora citricola
Citrus botanists	Clara H. Hasse Robert Willard Hodgson Lena B. Smithers Hughes David Mabberley Clément Rodier Robert Soost Walter Tennyson Swingle Chōzaburō Tanaka Ikuro Takahashi Johann Christoph Volkamer Herbert John Webber
Related topics	The Citrus Industry Citrus production Citrus rootstock Citrus taxonomy Cold-hardy citrus Hesperidium Japanese citrus List of citrus fruits Mother Orange Tree Orangery University of California Citrus Experiment Station University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection
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