The yellowish-green fleshed fruits are acidic with a slightly bitter flavor and emit a fragrant smell.
This dwarf citrus tree thrives in potted environment but adapts well outdoors in USDA growing zones 9 to 11.Dwarf Kaffir lime trees are shrubby, have a sprawling habit and are easily distinguished by their aromatic, jade-green, glossy leaves that looked like two conjoined leaves caused by the winged petiole (leaf stem) that is almost the same size as the leaf itself. The Kaffir Lime, otherwise known as makrut lime or papeda, is a small, thorny tree in the Papeda subgenus of the family Rutaceae that originated in Southeast Asia and widely cultivated in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines.