Sweet Lime

Horticulture Guruji

Sweet Lime

Fruit Science

B.N.Citrus limettioides

Family- Rutaceae

Origin – India

Ch. No. – 18

Fruit type- Hesperidium

Inflorescence type – Cymose (Solitary)

Edible part – Juicy Placental Hairs.

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  • Sweet Lime contains non-acidic juice
  • It is resistant to greening
  • Sweet Lime is self-incompatible
  • Grown in Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Assam
  • Sweet Lime bear two types of flowers staminate and hermaphrodite on the same tree.

Varieties

  • Mitha Chikna
  • Mithotra

Propagation

Sweet Lime
Sweet Lime

Commercially Hardwood stems cutting.

Harvesting

  • Harvesting is done from August to October in North India.
  • September to November in Assam.

Yield

100 – 150 quintals / ha.

References cited

  1. Commercial Fruits. By S. P. Singh
  2. A text book on Pomology, Vol,1. by T. K. Chattapadhya
  3. Tropical Horticulture, Vol.1, by T. K. Bose, S. K. Mitra, A. A. Farooqui and M. K. Sadhu

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