Australian lime

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Short description: Lime cultivar
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
former Eremocitrus

Citrus glauca

former Microcitrus

Citrus warburgiana

Citrus inodora

Citrus maideniana

Citrus garrawayi

Citrus australasica

Citrus australis

[6]

Species from Australia

Natural species

  • Citrus australasica (Finger lime), a species from rainforest regions of northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland with elongated yellow-green to purple fruits.
    Finger lime
  • Citrus australis (Round lime or Dooja), a species from south-eastern Australia with round, green fruits
  • Citrus glauca (Desert lime), from arid areas of inland Australia. Small round fruits are produced in summer.
    Desert lime
  • Citrus garrawayi, (Mount White lime) is rare and endemic to the Cook District of Cape York Peninsula.
  • Citrus gracilis (Kakadu lime or Humpty Doo lime) grows in eucalypt woodland in the Northern Territory[7][5] and was first described in the scientific literature in 1998.[8]
  • Citrus inodora (Russell River lime or large-leaf Australian wild lime) is rare, and endemic to northern Queensland.[5]
  • Citrus maideniana (Maiden's Australian wild lime)[5] may be a subspecies of C. inodora.[9]

Cultivars

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

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

Identification

An identification key (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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lindsay, Lenore. "Australian Limes". Australian Plants Online. Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). http://asgap.org.au/APOL2006/dec06-1.html. 
  2. "Eremocitrus". Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/90267. 
  3. "Microcitrus". Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/57108. 
  4. "Taming Wild Limes". Ecos Magazine (CSIRO publishing) (107). 2001. http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC107p6. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Australian native citrus-wild species, cultivars and hybrids". Primary Industries and Resources SA. http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/australiannativecitrus/Australian_Nativce_Citrus.pdf. 
  6. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr. http://citruspages.free.fr/australian.html#microcitrus. 
  7. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr. http://citruspages.free.fr/australian.html#gracilis. 
  8. "Archived copy". http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/73236/Tel7Mab333.pdf. 
  9. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr. http://citruspages.free.fr/australian.html#maideniana. 
  10. "From the outback to 'out the back'". CSIRO. 12 August 2005. http://www.csiro.au/news/LimeVarities.html. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "CSIRO Science Image - CSIRO Science Image". http://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/image/3592. 
  12. Jorma Koskinen and Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr. http://citruspages.free.fr/australian.html#warburgiana. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Citrus wakonai P.I. Forst & M.W. Sm. (Rutaceae), a new species from Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/australiannativecitrus/CWakonai%20pdfs/Wakonai.pdf. 
  14. 14.0 14.1 Mike Saalfeld. "Citrus wakonai". http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/australianpngnativecitrus/citruswakonai.html. 
  15. Mike Saalfeld. "The_Quest_for_Wakonai page19". http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/australianpngnativecitrus/The_Quest_for_Wakonai19.html. 
  16. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". http://citruspages.free.fr/australian.html#wintersii. 
  17. "Microcitrus papuana". http://www.homecitrusgrowers.co.uk/australiannativecitrus/microcitruspapuana.html. 
  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. http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/microcitrusleaves.htm. 




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