Makrut
Citrus hystrix
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Description
Makrut lime (Citrus hystrix, sold as Lime Makrut, previously Lime Kaffir) is the Thai-cuisine lime grown for its highly fragrant double-lobed leaves, stocked by Southern Woods ($48, 4.7L), Waimea Nurseries (LIME Kaffir), Wairere and The Plant Company. Southern Woods describes knobby bumpy fruit with intense aroma, leaves used in Thai and Southeast Asian cooking, ripening March-September on a 2 m evergreen tree for warm frost-free positions. The makrut species has zero cultivars in the catalog, so this is the entry that puts kaffir/makrut where NZ shoppers actually find it.
Characteristics
Fruit Size
Small
Peel Colour
Dark green, knobby
Flesh Colour
Pale green
Harvest Timing (NZ)
Mid
Seediness
Many Seeds
Growth Habit
Compact
Thorny
Notes
Grown for fragrant leaves; prefers warm frost-free site; ripens March-September; reaches ~2 m.
Fruit Use
Culinary
Flavour Profile
Intensely aromatic leaves; tart bumpy fruit
Storage Life
Good