Because the juice vesicles of this Australian citrus species fall apart and are round, the fruit content is called “lime caviar”. The thin peel can be green, yellow or reddish, the small “pearls” inside are white, pale green or pink.

Lime caviar is currently only a delicacy in the gourmet kitchen. The beads refine or decorate sparkling wine, desserts, sushi or wherever a sour, fresh citrus flavour is welcome.

The Aborigines collected the fruits as Bush food, later the first settlers began cultivating the small trees. Almost 10 cultivars are known today.

• Edible Fruits
• Type of fruit Hesperidium
• Culinary Group Citrus fruits Bush Food
• Taste sour
• Trivial Names Fingerlimette, Australische Fingerlimette, Fingerförmige Australische Limette, Fingerling, Limetten-Kaviar, Lime Caviar, Limepearls, Finger lime, Citron caviar, Citron digité
• Size 5 cm
• Taxonomy Rutaceae (Rue family) Citrus australasica, Syn. Microcitrus australasica
• Origin Australia (Map)
• Locality Kleinmarkthalle Frankfurt 2014