Pomelo
The Pomelo (Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis), is a citrus fruit from South East Asia. It is pale green or yellow when ripe. Its flesh is sweet and white. The rind is very thick and spongy.[1] It is the largest citrus fruit, usually 15–25 centimetres (5.9–9.8 in) in diameter.[2] It weighs 1 to 2 kilograms (2.2 to 4.4 lb).
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Other names for the pomelo are pummelo and pommelo.
Pomelo Media
- Citrusmaxima(Pampelmuse)
Pomelo flower, photo taken in Hong Kong
Pomelo tree in southern Vietnam
Flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section, chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten
Citrus grandis 'Honey White Brand' or 'Khao Nam Phueng' grown in Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhon Pathom province in Thailand. ส้มโอขาวน้ำผึ้ง ณ นครชัยศรี
- Pummelos
Pummelo cut; taken Feb. 6, 2005 by Allen Timothy Chang
Pink pomelo juice vesicles
- Citrusmaxima(Pampelmuse)
Pomelo on tree, has fruit and blossoms at the same time
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Sources
- ↑ "The Shock-Absorbent Skin of the Pomelo". JW.ORG. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ Growing the granddaddy of grapefruit, SFGate.com, December 25, 2004