If you ever thought – I like finger lime’s but wish they were bigger and easier to juice… then this is the plant for you! This hybrid was created in the 1990’s as a cross between Citrus australasica (a red finger lime) and an acidic mandarin hybrid (Rangpur lime).

This hybrid is very hardy, it grows to 2.5mts tall by 2mts wide, with a slightly weeping habit. It likes to be pruned after fruiting and can be pruned to shape.

It tolerates light frost.

The fruit is an oval egg shape appearing in Winter. It has slightly dimpled glossy red skin. Early harvest fruit will have a lemon/lime coloured flesh. As fruit continues to ripen the colours change to more pink/orange hues, and finally when fully ripe flesh can become quite dark pink. The juice of the fruit pearls or ‘caviar’ at each stage of ripeness have the perfect sweet-acidic balance. You can add this fruit to any recipe that would use a traditional lemon or lime, savory or sweet. You can also eat straight from the tree, skin and all.

Great to use as a screening tree, or to add to any veggie patch or fruit orchard. It likes a full sun to dappled shade spot.

With the abundance of fruit on the tree you will want to get preserving and pickling or sharing with neighbours. The fruit can also been frozen whole or the fruit scoped out and frozen separately.

If you want to add some bush tucker to your garden, add this one to your list, it is available at most native nurseries.