lemon

Lemon or lime?

I'm not sure which is the correct word to describe this fruit. Nevertheless the plant is producing handful of harvest. Sometimes it ripe and drop down.

The juice of this fruit is very refreshing besides all the health benefits.

Lime

I have only 1 lime tree in the garden. It takes so long to grow to almost my height. Almost 3 years I guess...... It has been fighting the damage done by numerous caterpillars all the time.

I give up on caterpillar attack sometime ago and made agreement with them.....You can have the leaves and I will pluck the lime....sound strange but i have no choice.

I have try spraying pesticide in the past but they return after few weeks and since this year I'm trying to minimize pesticide in the garden.... I have to do some other arrangement....Sometimes I remove the fat caterpillars if they seems to appear in large quantity though......

different livings on a plant....

Lime plant have put up a lot leaves and grow so much bigger than it's size when I first brought home.

It also have been nominated as a home for few livings........

lizard....I don't know the species



another view



can you see the grasshopper? tricky.....

permanent pest - the caterpillar......

Lemon or lime?

This is another plant i grow from seed. It's not intentionally grown actually..... As usual i use to throw many kitchen waste to the compose area. I think i have thrown some lime or lemon seeds too.

I'm not sure if it's lemon or lime but i transplanted it to the bed together with Indian Borage. There are many other plants too like weeds and self seeded Amaranth @ Bayam. It reminds me that there are a lot of weeding need to be done! 

Anyway, The lime /  lemon seems to grow happily. It has thorns on the branches. Green little grasshoppers love the leaves.  Anyone know whether it's lime or lemon?

  

Lime - ready for harvest

Lime is ready for harvest. Only 2 of them. If you have read about them, you know why there are only two of them....

The plant itself has been terrorized by caterpillars. Can you see their work!

On my last post on lime, i show you all the flowers here . There was a few flowers that i imagine of few limes! However i only can see 2 limes as of now! Where were others? May be the heavy down pour have swept away all the flowers.......

Lime - flowering again

Limau nipis / calamansi lime plant that i have in the garden always stay small. Caterpillar likes to eat the leaves. Lime plant constantly get hair cut and sometimes become bald!

After almost 10months, it's flowering again. Not so many flower bud though....... When i took this pictures, there were about 6-7 caterpillars on it. Can you identify the caterpillars?  it's black with yellow line!

 The fruits can be used as body deodorant, hair conditioner and ink stain remover!

 Calamansi or Calamondin citrus has several medicinal uses. Some of the benefit i found are below:

"The juice, when rubbed on insect bites, will relieve the itching and reduce the irritation. It's also a natural acne medicine. Orally used as cough medicine (often mixed with green tea) and has a natural anti-inflammatory. For problems with constipation the juice is warmed and diluted with water. It bleaches freckles and helps to clear up acne vulgaris and pruritus vulvae. It is taken orally as a cough remedy and antiphlogistic.In Malaysia, used as an antidote for poison.Poultice of pandanus leaves, mixed with salt and juice of citrus microcarpa, for abscesses. In Malaya, combined with pepper to help expel phlegm. Its root are used in the Philippines at childbirth"