Wild-lime

Fragrant flowers and crushed foliage smells like limes. Dioecious: male and female flowers are on separate plants.



Hedge, buffer or screen plant where its thorns will be an asset. Foliage is aromatic.  This author has one growing as a specimen plant and loves its shape and the shiny green rather lacey foliage.

Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Very sharp thorns.

Provides wildlife cover.

Fruit is used by birds and other wildlife.

Hammocks. Scrub.

• Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage, Thorns
• Larval host for giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) and Schaus' swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus)in southern Florida.