Australian Fingerlime Tree and Fruits |
See also European Fingerlimes for a discussion including this specimen |
Photos taken October 2006 |
Pépinières Bachès for more information about this citrus nursery. |
page created 21st Oct 2006 |
Pépinières Bachès, near Perpignan, France |
Microcitrus papuana(?) - (labelled warburgiana) |
Growing in the nursery as 'warburgiana', that species would have produced round fruit. This plant looked identical to the one I am growing as Microcitrus papuana, but about which I have always had some doubts as to the true identity. The flowers had exactly the same form - extremely thin petals, not covering the ovary - which I have not seen, or seen described, on any other citrus species. |
The fruits were not yet ripe and about 2cms long. |