How do limes reproduce, since they don't have seeds?

Limes do have seeds. Many of the limes produced for consumption have been selected for having few or no seeds. Nearly all commercial fruit production of a given variety of fruit is from clones of a single tree. read more

Best Answer: Some do have seeds. Most lime trees are cloned, but key limes can be grown from seed. Like all citrus, limes can reproduce sexually. This means that male pollen from citrus flowers--that tree's pollen or another's--fertilizes a flower's ovary to produce a seed that can grow into a mature plant. read more

Most seedless fruit comes about the same way as other fruits, which commonly are grown from cuttings or grafts and not seeds. read more

Most lime trees are cloned, but key limes can be grown from seed. Like all citrus, limes can reproduce sexually. This means that male pollen from citrus flowers--that tree's pollen or another's--fertilizes a flower's ovary to produce a seed that can grow into a mature plant. read more

In recent years, they have created some seedless citrus crops by irradiating plant seeds, which causes mutations. Some of these mutations are fatal to the plant, some are benign; but sometimes these irradiated seeds produce a suitable seedless fruit, and the plants are propagated through budding. read more