In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats
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Names from folk tradition, kept apart from the scientific names.
A study published in 2016 reports that lime had been grown in Oman for at least four centuries after being brought by Arabian sailors, and that it was the country's second most important fruit crop after dates until the 1970s. The study states that, at the time of publication, lime ranked among Oman's top four fruit crops by production.
Citrus × aurantiifolia (family Rutaceae) is known locally as Omani lime and elsewhere as Mexican lime, Key lime or acid lime; Flora of China treats it as a hybrid involving the citron (Citrus medica) and possibly Citrus hystrix.
