India lime (CRC 2450)

Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle

CRC 2450
PI 539155

Source

Received as a live plant from CPB, 1930.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Yuma Ponderosa lemon

Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to December

Notes and observations

EMN, 11/9/1987: Small leaves- short internodes- rosette type growth- pink fls borne in clusters- fruits set in clusters- fruits small, yellow. Acid- tastes like lime- white flesh. Knobby trunk. Fruit & tree compared with India lime sport (CRC 3070). Fruit virtually identical; sport tree seems more compact.