SC - Limes -- from EB

[Ronda Del Boccio]

Limes:

Limes probably originated in the Indonesian archipelago or the nearby
mainland of Asia. The Arabs may have taken limes, as well as lemons, from
India to the eastern Mediterranean countries and Africa around AD 1000.
Limes were introduced to the western Mediterranean countries by returning
crusaders in the 12th and 13th centuries. Columbus took citrus-fruit seed,
probably including limes, to the West Indies on his second voyage in 1493,
and the trees soon became widely distributed in the West Indies, Mexico,
and Florida. 
 
Limes contain vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and were formerly used in the
British Navy to prevent scurvy; hence the nickname "Limey." 

The basswood, or linden, tree (a species of Tilia) is also called lime in
England. 

Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica

 
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