Comments on: Kaffir or Makrut Lime Leaves

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:05:46 +0000

I would like to freeze kaffir lime leaves. Could anyone tell me how I should do this ? Is it better to freeze them whole or to chop them ? Also, should I defreeze them to use them, or do you use them directly in cooking ? Thanks for your assistance.

By: tess

tess — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:17:06 +0000

i just got to learn of this new site today. I am growing kaffir lime and into propagation as well. I am now tring to propagate as much as i can. Will inform you all as soon as i am ready to sell. At the moment i have several trees but it is purely for propagation purposes at the moment

By: sansindio

sansindio — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:29:07 +0000

I frequently travel Visayas and Mindanao area due to to the nature of my work. I just want to inquire what is the local name of kaffir lime because if it calls for biasong, I can supply a lot of seeds and also ripe fruits.

Actually here in Visayan Island we had 3 kinds of citrus which has a leaves like kaffir lime. They are SUWA ( which resembles kaffir lime fruit on foreign blogs),the biasong which has also same leaves but the fruits is somewhat oblong and has a pointed at the bottom of the fruit like the lime. And the last is what they call in Negros as limon but in Cebu it is called samuyao somewhat smaller compared to suwa. Now it puzzles me a lot. Those citrus are all in my collection and I can supply seeds for those citrus mention above. All I can say is those citrus has a smell like lemon grass.

Those 3 citrus are different from lemonsito, mandarin, ukban and kulo which I also have.

By: Maris

Maris — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:32:54 +0000

Hi! i came across this blog because i was looking for this kabuyaw/makrut/kaffir lime plant since i badly needed this for my clearance in one of our subjects in school..can anyone help me find one here in metro manila?and kindly email me the prices too..thanks!

By: vina v.

vina v. — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:58:12 +0000

thanks, i’m new to manila, where do i find the manila seedling bank? i have lots of kaffir leaves my mom-inlaw sent me from cali, but unfortunately she couldn’t send me a plant d/t customs. =(

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:52:44 +0000

vina v., I don’t sell anything. You may want to try a weekend market or the Manila Seedling Bank for a plant…

By: vina v.

vina v. — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:40:37 +0000

hello, i’m new to this site. i’d like to purchase a kaffir plant/seedling. pls. email me with prices. thanks =)

By: elvie lepasana

elvie lepasana — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:20:39 +0000

I live at Clark Angeles. I would like to buy a kaffir lime tree. do you know where I can buy a small tree?

By: liz

liz — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:03:36 +0000

Just came across this blog. I know biasong and it does have wrinkly fruits. I have my own 10 feet plant somewhere in the garden and unfortunately it has never bear any fruit which is the reason why i didn’t know the biasong and kaffir were almost the same.

For those trying to get a plant, you can also buy some at the Lung Center weekend market. Cuttings can also be grown but the success rate depends on how careful you are growing them. I never knew the leaves were this expensive.

CecileJ, I hope you found a kaffir tree and not a pomelo as both can have similar looking leaves, the pomelo just a little bit bigger

By: BrianB

BrianB — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:53:26 +0000

So why don’t they make a scent out of this or a house freshener?