Lime

Citrus × latifolia

Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Nova Genera Plantarum

Heinrich Adolph Schrader (1767-1836) · 1797 · p.43

Nova Genera Plantarum

Heinrich Adolph Schrader (1767-1836) · 1797 · p.46

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.227

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.419

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.422

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.216

Famine Relief Herbal

Zhu Su · 1406 · p.119

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.759

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.260

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1205

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1206

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.603

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415524.