kassia lime

VF says...
I wonder if it has a similar parentage to "Australian Blood Lime" - a mandarine and finger lime cross...

jakfruitetiquette says...
BJ, can you check that link, or post the pic here yourself? I couldn't view the pic.

VF says...
BJ, how do Aus. Blood Lime and Sunrise Lime compare for taste, as they look great? (The Kassia looks good too.)

jakfruitetiquette says...
Yes, the bloodlime is closer to fingerlime, I would say not as good as a very good finger lime, but better than some of the more bitter ones. The Sunrise lime fruit is more like a milder Fortunella Kumquat(Nagami or Meiwa.

VF says...
I've just been reading about "Rangpur Limes" - they sound good (cold tolerant,bright orange in colour, look like a mandarine, strong acid lime flavour.) Does anyone grow these - is it as good as the information available?

Brad says...
good to hear phil. great germinators with fresh seed - slugs got a couple of my seedlings.
VF see https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/rangpur-lime/#61528 and you can contact me for seed which ripen from mid winter through early spring
I like sunrise limes - citrus sherbet eating out of hand - my tree is still small and I found 28s like them so i only got leftovers last season

Coreen says...
Hi, I've been trying to find out what this is because it is growing in my backyard, and I assumed it was a regular lime. But it is orange inside; extremely orange. And it tastes like a really bland mandarin. I've already put aside seeds from it and there are quite a few more fruit on the tree, which'll be picked soon. The tree is about 3m tall but not very big.

Coreen says...
here's my twitter, i put pics there. https://twitter.com/Coreen085

Codylbc says...
Hi there,

Just moved into a new house and have these growing. Can anyone help me ID them? I think Kassia Lime. Taste is sour and sweet.

Thanks!

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abell says...
I am not positive but I believe my lime tree is Kassia. It has thin green peel, juicy orange flesh, tastes like mandarin orange/lime, seeds, long thorns and is just now prolific. Does anyone know the time to fruit maturity and expected size (i.e. when to harvest and whether I'm wrong and I'll see the peel change color)? I harvested my 1st at ~4cm. An oddity is that I'm in the US and I can't trace where it came from (though my wife deals with specialist nurseries throughout this country). P.S. It made a good gin & tonic nonetheless.

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abell says...
Thanks for the reply. Rangpur was one of my guesses. But most images I've seen are orange when ripe. I suppose only time will tell if mine will change color. But I've seen some references that orange color is not required. I don't see the purplish new growth and there are large/long thorns. There were a few seeds and I've heard Rangpurs have many (though my fruits may be immature). But Rangpur is still in the running as the answer.

abell says...
I'm beginning to suspect it's Kassia rootstock that may not have been grafted onto. I'm seeing quite a few commercial references online concerning increasing use of it as resistant/hardy rootstock.

Phoxy says...
I don't know about daley's but I have a tree.. the best lime tree ever last year it bared about 1000 limes I grew it from a seed that I got from my dad