Citrus 'Rangpur' Medicinal A plant for the gardener

A plant for the gardener building a tea garden beside a Camellia sinensis

but diluted juice with a little sugar makes a good drink

The plant is a registered cultivar with a clear pedigree: raised by Nuccio's Nurseries of Altadena

Araucaria angustifolia crowns the highland forests of southern Brazil

Citrus 'Rangpur' Medicinal A plant for the gardenerThe Rangpur is not truly a lime at all, but Indian gardeners have used the fruit as one for more than five hundred years. Citrus x limonia, an old natural hybrid of mandarin and citron, bears small, round, deep orange fruits that look like tangerines and taste fiercely sour, with the aromatic bite that makes a fine lime substitute for cooking, cocktails, and marmalade. In India the fruit goes by surkh nimboo, the red lime, prized for exactly that