Lime Tree

I remember the song - Lemon Tree - by Trini Lopez ( a song of my time) - that goes -

Lemon Tree very pretty,

 and the lemon flower is sweet

 but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat...

Lime fruit is similar to lemon, but has a thinner skin, which turns yellow on ripening. Lime is a shrubby tree. The trunk rarely grows straight, with many branches that often originate quite far down on the trunk.  The flowers are yellowish white with a light purple tinge on the margins.  The juice is as sour as lemon juice, but more aromatic.

Botanical name: Citrus aurantifolia    Family: Rutaceae (Citrus family)

The tree photographed at Sainikpuri, Secunderabad.