Australian Red Lime Tree
Australian blood lime tree.
Australian red lime tree. Also known as red centre lime its actual registered pbr name is australian blood lime. Australian red finger lime tree. See details of complete breeding program below when ripe a beautiful burgundy red colour oval in shape around the size of a small hen egg. Rangpur rangpur limes are an unusual hybrid with sweet tart flavor.
The fruit has qualities of both parents and features the elongated fruit and red pigments of the red finger lime but with a more spherical shape than finger limes typically take. The proper name is citrus australasica and is a native to queensland and new south wales. The kaffir lime tree needs a lot of warmth and humidity growing in zones 10 12 it can grow up to 25 feet tall. But this citrus plant can grow elsewhere.
The red lime is hybrid between the australian native finger lime citrus australasica and a burmese rangpur lime citrus x limonia. The australian finger lime is a citrus fruit that is used for luxury foods around the world. We ve seen them from growers in australia and lusted after them for years and now we finally have the red pulped australian finger lime. It is often nicknamed lime caviar due to the small beads of zesty juice in the fruit.