Spanish Lime

A stately, slow-growing tree of the soapberry family reaching 25 m, with smooth grey bark, widely spreading branches and compound leaves of four pointed leaflets on an often winged stalk. Small fragrant white flowers, usually with male and female on separate trees, give way to clusters of round green fruit with a thin brittle skin and a scant layer of translucent salmon-coloured pulp around a large seed. The fruit is eaten by cracking the skin and squeezing the pulp-coated seed into the mouth.