Kaffir lime seed
LATIN NAME: Citrus hystrix
COMMON NAME: Kaffir Lime
The kaffir lime is the warted fruit of the warm kitchen, and the small, white flowers open among the dark, double leaves. The small, evergreen tree carries the distinctive, double, or two-part, glossy leaves with the fine, winged stalks and the small, white or pink-tinted flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the round, warted, dark-green fruits of the sharp, fragrant rind, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm kitchen garden. The leaves and the rind have a very long record as the fine, sharp scent of the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm kitchen. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The kaffir lime is a historic subject of the plant science, and the double leaves keep showing up in the work on the citrus group. The chemistry of the leaves and the rind, which carry the fine, sharp oils of the warm kitchens, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the citrus trees, the aromatic rinds and the members of the rue family. The distinctive, double leaves and the small, evergreen habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the kaffir lime is a regular subject of the work on the warted fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The kaffir lime is a fine, historic tree of the warm kitchen garden. The distinctive, double, glossy leaves have a very long record as the fine, sharp scent of the warm tables, torn into the curries and the soups of the warm kitchens, and the round, warted, dark-green fruits give the fragrant, sharp rind that lifts the sauces and the drinks of the table. The tree is one of the fine choices for the warm kitchen garden, the pot and the greenhouse, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the double leaves and the sharp, fragrant ways. It is a fine, historic tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Keep the young tree in the warm, sheltered corner for the first years, and the warted fruits will come in the long run.
To grow the kaffir lime from seed, sow the small, round seeds a centimetre down in pots of coarse, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the warted fruits will come in the years ahead.
Syn:Citrus hystrix