Is a lime evergreen or deciduous?

Lime is a small tree of Rutaceae with sour pulp, sometimes bitter taste or special smell, and many and large seeds, so is lime evergreen or deciduous?

I. the growth habits of limes

Limes, also known as Fructus Aurantii, bitter oranges, like warm, humid, rainy and sunny climatic conditions, and generally grow well above the annual average temperature of 15 ℃. Lime has a wide adaptability to soil, both red and yellow soil can be cultivated, neutral sandy loam is the best, too clayey soil is not suitable for cultivation.

Limes are mainly distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and the provinces in the south of China, and can be grafted in February, May-June and September-October every year.

Generally, 4-5 years after planting, seed propagation begins to blossom and bear fruit 8-10 years after planting, and the fruiting period of tree age can reach more than 50 years.

Is the lime evergreen or deciduous?

Lime is an evergreen plant, belonging to the family Rutaceae and Citrus. It is native to the south of the southern slope of Qinling Mountains in China. In addition to being used for fruit, limes are also widely used as rootstocks for grafted sweet oranges and wide-skinned oranges.

Types of limes

1. Gootou orange

Also known as skin orange, rhubarb orange. The main producing area is in Huangyan, Zhejiang Province. It is an excellent rootstock for grafted citrus because of its well-developed root system, drought tolerance, saline-alkali tolerance, large tree shape, long tree age, less deciduous leaves in winter and high yield. The pulp is very sour and has a peculiar smell; there are many seeds with a slight hook at the top.

2. Zhu Jie

Also known as incense, sour. It mainly produces Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Also used as a rootstock. Immature fruit is used medicinally to replace Fructus Aurantii or Fructus Aurantii. The fruit is shaped like a small red orange but larger, orange-red, the core is empty or semi-full, the pulp is sour and has no peculiar smell.

3. Generation limes

The fruit is nearly spherical, the top of the fruit has a shallow radial groove, the calyx thickens and is fleshy, the pericarp is orange-red, slightly rough, the oil cell is large, uneven, the core is full, and the flesh is sour. The main producing area is in Zhejiang. Flower fragrance, used to fumigate tea is called generational scented tea.