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BorisR:
Excellent! What about taste? Maybe it looks more like a lime than a lemon?

sc4001992:
I did try the fruit, it is very acidic and sour. But it is not that bad, no strong smell or taste that is hard to eat or drink. It kinda reminds me of the taste of Key lime. If I find my refractometer then I will take some readings and compare it to some other lemons & limes.

Found it, here's some readings I took today:

bussone:
I'm going to need a lot of gin...

pagnr:
As you all know those small Key or Mexican limes are popular with a Corona beer.

Here in Australia we have much bigger beer bottles, 2,25 litres, maybe just the right size for using those Macrophylla fruit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_stubby.jpg

I have one Macrophylla fruit still hanging here in Australia, (in December, early summer), fruit is green, turning yellow from the top, about half way down. 
Should ripe in a few weeks.
Interesting that it is ripening fairly closely to sc4001992's fruit in the Nth Hemisphere. I will let it hang as long as possible to see how that goes.
Cuban Shaddocks fell off two weeks ago.
It has been a funny cool rainy season here so far, no heat in the summer at all.

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