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Kaffir lime
Citrus hystrix
Citrus Hystrix or Kaffir lime , lemon tree whose citrus fruits resemble lemons whose warty skin as well as its leaves are used in cooking
Description
Height at maturity
3 m (2 m in pot)
Wingspan at maturity
2 to 3 m (1 to 2 m in pot)
Exposure
sun
Flowering
March-April then again in September
Hardiness
-5°C
Origin
Bali (Indonesian island of Sumbawa)
Citrus Hystrix or Kaffir lime, lemon tree whose citrus fruits resemble lemons whose warty skin as well as its leaves are used in cooking.
Plant grafted onto a Volkamariana rootstock.
Features
- Common name : Kaffir lime
- Family : Rutaceae
- Category : fruit tree
- Spread : 2 to 3 m (1 to 2 m in pot)
- Foliage : evergreen
- Fruit : very fragrant citrus fruit, about 6 cm long with dark green skin, very warty.
- Harvest : end of September to November
- Use : pot - veranda - terrace, or full ground in temperate regions
- Soil : neutral to acid
- Habit : bushy
- Growth : average
- Earth to use : universal potting soil/garden soil/compost
- Enemies : mealybug - red spider - whitefly
- Possible diseases : resistant to diseases
- Remarks : to grow in pots and winter indoors at 10 or 14 ° C in cold regions
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