Taxon: Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle

• treated by some as a hybrid involving C. maxima and one or more other species
• the original spelling "aurantifolia", being derived from the generic name Aurantium, is correctable under Vienna ICBN Art. 60.8 (see also Rec. 60G and Ex. 1)

Common names:

• Egyptian lime   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• Indian lime   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• Key lime   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• lime   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Mexican lime   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• sour lime   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:126.) – English
  
• West Indian lime   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• limoo   (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• doc   (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – Transliterated Arabic (Morocco)
  
• lai meng   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• citron vert   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• citronnier gallet   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• lime acid   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• limettier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• limettier des Antilles   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• limettier mexicain   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• Limette   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  
• Limettenbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Limone   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  
• saure Limette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• kagzi nimboo   (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – India (Hindi)
  
• kagzi nimbu   (Source: Wealth India RM ed2 ) – India (Hindi)
  
• lima   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Italian
  
• limão   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• lima-ácida   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• limeira   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Portuguese
  
• limão-galego   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limão-tahiti   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• limón agrio   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• limón ceutí   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• lima   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• lima mejicana   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• limero   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Human food: beverage base; fruit   (fide Pl Res SEAs 2:126. 1991)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  

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View toxicology references for Citrus aurantiifolia from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• widely cultivated in tropics & subtropics

• probable origin tropical Asia

References:

• Agroforestry.net. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry - on-line resource. (Trad Tree Init)
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya) ["aurantifolia"].
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java) ["aurantifolia"].
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) ["aurantifolia"].
• Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985–1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. (Wealth India RM ed2) 3:610–611.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon) ["aurantifolia"].
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) ["aurantifolia"].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia) ["aurantifolia"].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7:170. [lists as C. ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle].
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru) ["aurantifolia"].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak) ["aurantifolia"].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti) ["aurantifolia"].
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq) ["aurantifolia"].
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) ["aurantifolia"].
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:126. ["aurantifolia"].
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama) ["aurantifolia"].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [lists as C. ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle].
• Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia. (PrEcFr)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Citrus aurantiifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Citrus aurantiifolia. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Citrus acida Roxb.
  
• (=) Citrus hystrix subsp. acida (Roxb.) Engl.
  
• (=) Citrus lima Lunan
  
• (=) Citrus limetta var. aromatica Wester
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Citrus medica var. acida (Roxb.) Hook. f.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Limonia aurantiifolia Christm. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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