Although very like in many ways , limes and oranges have very different histories and United States of America . Both limes and Orange are citrus fruit , the flesh of which is segmented and made up of pulpy pouch that hold gamy quantities of juice . Citrus yield also has an outside rind , or hide , that is in high spirits in citrus oil color .

History

The other history of both limes and orange is not well lie with or documented in the West . Both Orange and lime originated in Southeast Asia . However , the original southeasterly Asiatic oranges were likely sour orange . According to Food Timeline , the sweet orangeness may have originated in Southeast Asia or in China . The first mention of sweet oranges in Europe is during the 15th century . Most varieties of limes were created by hybridizing key limes , the original limes from Southeast Asia . lime tree were dispersed through the Middle East and North Africa by dealer . They were first mentioned in European literature in the thirteenth century and was brought to North America during the 16th century .

Tree Size

Orange tree are slightly larger than Citrus aurantifolia trees . Although Tree grafted to dwarf origin gillyflower are little , the innate sizing of most calcined lime tree diagram is about 20 feet in peak and cattle ranch . orangeness tree diagram size varies , depending on the kind , but is broadly between 25 foot and 30 feet in height and bed covering . In most cases , the ramification of the two trees will curve downwards in a weeping course and intimately touch the ground , specially when heavy with yield .

Types

There are many different type of both lime trees and orange trees . lime start with the little , rotund fundamental limes , intend to be the original lime . Larger Mexican , Persian and Tahitian limes are thought to be hybrids between the cardinal hydrated lime and a citron tree . The skins of the limes produced by these trees are thick . The origins of sweet oranges are even less well document . However , there are many varieties of sweet oranges , include satsuma , mandarin , naval and Valencia . In some case , different smorgasbord of oranges are cross - breed to produce new commercial cultivars .

Identification

Identifying a tree diagram as a lime tree diagram or an orange tree between yield crops can be very difficult . The leaves of the two trees are very standardized and the bark can be standardized . The best direction to identify a tree is to look at its fruit . Limes are green scrape , even when good . Oranges are orange skinned .

Function

The two trees are typically grown for their fruit , however , the fruit is used in very dissimilar style . Sweet oranges are grown for succus and fresh consumption . Limes are acidic and dark and are normally used as a flavoring agent in juices and food for thought . During the early expansion of the British Empire , sailors describe that something in calcium hydroxide , now sleep with to be vitamin C , prevented scurvy . Ships carried Citrus aurantifolia and British sailor were nicknamed " limeys . "

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