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
Flowering and fruiting branch, chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885
The pomelo is one of the wild ancestors of cultivated Citrus species including the bitter orange and the grapefruit, and less directly also of the lemon, the sweet orange, and some types of mandarin.
Pomelo, 1 year old seedling, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Pomelo flower, photo taken in Hong Kong
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Citrus grandis - Honey White
Ipoh pomelos on sale in Malaysia
Tam som-o nam pu: spicy Thai pomelo salad with crab extract
Pomelos in Pinghe County, Fujian
Một vườn bưởi tại Trà Ôn (Vĩnh Long, Việt Nam).
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Other websites
Media related to Pomelo at Wikimedia Commons
Sources
- ↑ "The Shock-Absorbent Skin of the Pomelo". JW.ORG. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ Growing the granddaddy of grapefruit, SFGate.com, December 25, 2004