Darwin Bush Lime (forum)

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Hi. Does anyone know what a Darwin Bush Lime is?
Recently purchased a small healthy specimen at a market in Hervey Bay, but no amount of googling seems to recognise the species.
I was told it produced round fruit, not like the finger lime.
cheers

Time: 31st August 2010 3:59pm

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BJ says...
Its not a Dooja is it?
If it is fierce looking and said to produce round limes, that could be it. Or else it is a lime that has gone feral and natralised in Darwin.

Time: 31st August 2010 4:07pm

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Rev says...
pics please!
you are the one on the ground! play the journo :)

Citrus have naturalized all over Oz
From manjimup to mullumbimby you will find citrus in the bush. spit out seeds or survivors from abandoned bush encampments

I found a very tasty mandarin doing fine in tall open wet eucalypt forest while lost and descending off the rim of the caldera in the tweed valley. It was such a relief!

i bet with a few pics
Leaves, form, fruit , fruit disssected
and some notes on aroma, tang and locality - we could tell you , collectively

Time: 31st August 2010 6:50pm

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Myrella says...
Easy to grow small hardy citrus. Native to Australia and endemic to Darwin, this tree will grow anywhere where other citrus grows and will provide your family with lemonade throughout the summer months. A very heavy cropper from an early age

Time: 5th July 2012 12:50pm

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Xiem says...
Myrella I notice that this text is the same as a current ebay seed advert. I would like to know more about this citrus.

Time: 5th July 2012 1:57pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Rev, is that mandarin tree accessible?

Time: 5th July 2012 2:51pm

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jakfruitetiquette says...
Darwin bush lime??
Is it a Microcitrus, most of these have much smaller leaves than non native Citrus.
Could be a naturalised West Indian lime, from the Darwin bush, leaves should have a nice lime scent.
A lot of Citrus was destroyed during the NT canker outbreak, so it could also be something from years ago, originally from SEasia etc

Time: 6th July 2012 7:57am

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Mike says...
Miniature WI limes that are less spiny are being propagated from cuttings in the Darwin area.They are sold in little pots and are muscling lotsa lemons outa their niche.

Time: 6th July 2012 9:08am

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BJ says...
If its native, it would be the Humpty Doo Lime, Citrus gracilis. Looks a bit like a cross between C. glauca and C. australis. Has round fruit of a decent size but quite ugly and you can often see the segments indented into the skin of the fruit.

If it is a non native, easily identified by the size of the leaf, then its as others have said and its an ordinary lime variety gone bush.

Here's a page on the different native citruses and hybrids:
http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/australian.html


Time: 6th July 2012 9:17am

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gwenda says...
Have been told that early settlers in Darwin grew lime trees to prevent scurvey.

Time: 21st April 2013 6:54am

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GS says...
The citrus from NT is Citrus gracilis, Humpty Doo Lime.

Time: 7th September 2016 8:03pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
I wonder if mr1 still has the Darwin Bush Lime ??

Time: 17th May 2022 9:52pm

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