Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Fruit Plants
Kaffir Lime
Citrus hystrix
The kaffir lime is grown for its leaves rather than its fruit. Each leaf is double-lobed, as though two leaves were joined end to end, and carries an intense citrus-floral aroma that no substitute reproduces. It is essential in Thai curry, tom yum and countless South East Asian dishes.
The knobbly fruit is used for its zest, not its juice, of which there is very little. A single potted tree on a terrace supplies a household indefinitely — pick leaves as needed and it keeps producing.
- Aromatic double-lobed leaves, the essential Thai cooking ingredient
- A single potted tree supplies a household indefinitely
- Fruit zest is used; there is very little juice
Rs 2,700for the 2 ft, 18 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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At a glance
- Mature size
- 2–4 m
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Difficulty
- Moderate to keep
- Around pets
- Non-toxic — safe if chewed
Full sunTerraceLarge potKitchen garden
How to look after your Kaffir Lime
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun. Six to eight hours minimum for a worthwhile crop.
- Water
- Deeply and regularly, especially while fruit is setting and swelling. Mulch heavily to hold soil moisture.
- Humidity
- Ambient.
- Soil
- Deep, fertile, well-draining soil. Avoid heavy waterlogged clay — raise the bed if that is what you have.
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in early spring, high-potassium once fruit sets, and well-rotted manure each winter.
- Temperature
- Species dependent; most listed here suit the Pakistani plains. Young grafted stock needs shade in its first summer.
If something goes wrong
Flowers form but fruit does not set
Why it happens: Poor pollination or heat stress at flowering.
What to do: Plant a second variety nearby where cross-pollination is needed, and shade the tree during extreme heat.
Fruit dropping while small
Why it happens: Water stress or a natural thinning.
What to do: Keep watering even and mulch the root zone. A degree of natural drop is normal and healthy.
Suckers below the graft union
Why it happens: Rootstock growth.
What to do: Remove them flush at the trunk as soon as they appear, or they will outgrow the grafted variety.
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