What caused the leaf discoloration in my Kaffir lime?

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The leaves of my kaffir lime plant have the grainy discoloration which looks like a disease. I assume normal leaves would be plain dark green. I didn't see insects or aphids living or staying in the plant, just this discoloration. It receives direct sunlight around 10 am to 3 PM daily.

Can you help identify what caused this discoloration? Could it be caused by a fungus? What should I do to make it produce a healthy green color?

Polypipe Wrangler · Answer 1 · 2020-09-11T07:14:37.490

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It looks like a natural variegation. Mosaic virus has yellow blotches with vague edges. This looks to have sharp edges so not a problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variegation

Yellow mostly between the veins can be bad (Citrus variegated chlorosis - a bacterial infection).

edited Sep 11 '20 at 07:14

answered Sep 10 '20 at 07:21

Polypipe Wrangler

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Could this be nutrient deficiency? – akino Sep 11 '20 at 05:31
Not to give a blotchy effect like this. – Polypipe Wrangler Sep 11 '20 at 06:45
It had dark green leaves when I bought the plant though. – akino Sep 11 '20 at 07:01
To be really sure, do you have a photo on the most affected leaf? – Polypipe Wrangler Sep 11 '20 at 07:11

What caused the leaf discoloration in my Kaffir lime?

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