Finger lime/The Australian Caviar— Citrus australasicadoi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803138-4.00025-3Delort, Estelle
Citrus australasica, the Australian finger lime or caviar lime, is a thorny understorey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest and rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensla...
This is a cool looking fruit coming from the Australian sub-tropical rainforests. Caviar lime really is the perfect name for it. You have to click here and look...
Finger lime (citrus australasica), or caviar lime, has been recently popularized as a gourmet bushfood. The fruit juice is acidic and similar to that of a lime. It is also used to make marmalade and pickles. The globular juice vesicles (a.k.a. pearls) have been likened to a “lime ...
(Australian finger lime) is naturally found in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales and commercially grown in a number of countries around the world.C. australasicais unique among the citrus with finger shaped cylindrical fruits with a distinct pulp which resembles a caviar [2]. The...
TheAustralianfingerlimeCitrusaustralasicaisoneoffivenative citrusspeciesendemictoAustralia.Itisnativetotherainforestsof SouthEastQueenslandandNorthernNewSouthWales.Finger limesaregeneticallydiverseinshape,peelandpulpcolor,size andtaste.Allhaveincommonthecaviar-likepulp,whichmakes ...
Finger lime (Citrus australasica) is an Australia native citrus species with unique phenotype. This semi-wild citrus species was known for its finger-like shape and caviar-like juice sacs. The finger lime is attracting more and more attention, and the demand for this fascinating fruit is increa...
However, there are citrus that are relatively small. The finger limes, actually, are pretty small plants. We have one that is a hybrid. It’s called the Australian blood lime orAustralian red limethat’s a hybrid betweenCitrus australasica sanguinea, that’s the red finger lime, and a ‘...
Citrus australasica, the Australian finger lime or caviar lime have garnered interest both in culinary and scientific communities. Despite extensive studies on their metabolomic and volatilomic profiles, research on the physical properties of finger lime pearls, especially their diameter, colour, and ...
Florida-grown MicrocitrusOrganic acidPhytochemicalsSugarFinger lime (Citrus australasica F. Muell.), a citrus species native to Australia, is a distinct finger-shaped fruit with unique caviar-like pulp and skin color variations. In addition to visual and sensory characteristics, finger lime has ...