Kaffir lime

Citrus hystrix

fruit

A small green citrus with very bumpy skin and a powerfully scented zest, whose leaves are also used; a pillar of Thai and Réunion cooking. It provides flavanones.

Origin

Indonesia (island of Sumbawa)

Season (United States)

imported · all year round

Preparation

Its very sour, almost dry flesh is not eaten; the peel is grated, from an organic or untreated fruit.

Molecules

FlavanonesIn small amounts, not counted Limonene

Did you know?

Its French name comes from old sea charts, on which the Indonesian island of Sumbawa was called Combava; in 1868, in Ceylon, its juice was rubbed on the legs against leeches.