Rangpur (fruit) Rangpur (fruit) Rangpur, Citrus" × "limonia or Citrus reticulata" x "medica, sometimes called the rangpur lime, mandarin lime or lemandarin, is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the citron. It is a citrus fruit with a very acidic taste and an orange peel and flesh. Common names for this fruit include rangpur, named after Rangpur, Bangladesh, an area known for this and other citrus fruits. This is where the word originated in the Bengali language. The rangpur is also known in India as "Sylhet lime", "surkh nimboo", "sharbati", and "gandhraj" (meaning 'king of fragrance'). It is known as a
Boy Peeling Fruit (Caravaggio) a simple genre painting, it differs from most in that the boy is not 'rusticated,' that is, he is depicted as clean and well-dressed instead of as a 'cute' ragamuffin. An allegoric meaning behind the painting is plausible, given the complex Renaissance symbology of fruit. Caravaggio scholar John T. Spike has recently suggested that the boy demonstrates resistance to temptation by ignoring the sweeter fruits (fruits of sin) in favour of the bergamot, but no specific reading is widely accepted. The model is thought to bear a resemblance to the angel in Caravaggio's "Ecstasy of Saint Francis" and to the