1.       anti infection and appetizing   

  lime is another kind of lemon, in england they call it lime and its tree named lime tree.  

  lime is from rutaceae family and its scientific name is citrus aurantifolia.    

2.       using for   

  lime is very sour, very cool and fresh, appetizing, anti infection and very impressive for vitamin c shortage.  

  lime is a very delicious dressing for the iranian and arabic special foods.  

  in some countries they use essence of the lime tree leaf to cure of the stomache and medical treatment for cough and influenza.   

3.       keeping way   

  for better keeping in the kitchen, they offer holding in the cold area in carton box.  

  nylon bag is acceptable too.  

4.       market and export  

  iranian lime total products in the year of 2008 was 6550mt, the total surface on the farms 77080 hectares, the average of the product per hectare 850 kg and the average of exporting to overseas 2360mt.