Medicinal
Limoncillo
Swinglea glutinosa (Blanco) Merr.
The Philippines
Fun factThe walls of the fruit's segments hold unusually large mucilage glands. They produce the sticky pulp around the seeds that gives the species its name, glutinosa.
A small, thorny citrus relative from the Philippines and the only species in its genus. It was named by E. D. Merrill in honor of the citrus botanist Walter T. Swingle. In tropical America it is planted mostly as a dense, spiny living fence around farms, cattle pastures, and housing compounds. Its lemon-like fruits smell strongly of citrus but are not eaten. Herbarium specimens from Costa Rica, held by INBio and the national herbarium, record it from Puntarenas, Limón, and Heredia.
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Hundredsplanted across the estate
FamilyRutaceae
Spanish nameLimoncillo
Also known asTabog, Limón swinglia, Limón suingla, Limón suingle, Naranja swinglia
Native toNative to the Philippines, where it is widely distributed on Luzon; it is cultivated elsewhere in the tropics, including Colombia and Costa Rica.
Hundreds planted across the estate.