Lime
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Lime
The citrus genus is complex, so when we say 'lime', the actual thing we point to varies even just withing english-speaking countries, though there most usually is the Persian lime, itself a cross between Key lime and lemon.
Kaffir lime
The Kaffir/Makrud tree (Citrus hystrix) produces kaffir lime / makrut lime / / limau purut, a specific citrus fruits in the group we call limes.
Within that group, they have a rougher surface.
In Thai and Indonesian cooking, the tree is primarily used for its leaves.
In various languages
- Dutch: Papeda, Kafferlimoen, djeroek poeroet (dutch transliteration from Indonesian), jeruk purut, limau purut
- also Limoenblad to refer to the leaves
- Indonesian: Jeruk purut, Limau purut
Some suggest 'Makhrut lime' or 'makrud lime' (from its Thai name) as a replacement term since Kaffir has an offensive etymology.