GRIN records lime as widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics and gives East India as its probable origin. A study published in 2016 describes it as an important crop in Oman, the UAE and Iran. Flora of Pakistan records cultivation in the plains and foothills, while the background of an Omani study published in 2021 lists its cultivation in the low-altitude oasis of Masayrat ar Ruwajah in Al Jabal Al Akhdar. Flora of China records it as occasionally naturalized in Yunnan.
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