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
- Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.); flowe Wellcome V0042686.jpg
Flowering and fruiting branch, chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885
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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.
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Pomelo, 1 year old seedling, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Pomelo flower, photo taken in Hong Kong
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Bưởi ở miền Nam Việt Nam.
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Citrus grandis - Honey White
- Pomelos for sale, Tapah.jpg
Ipoh pomelos on sale in Malaysia
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Tam som-o nam pu: spicy Thai pomelo salad with crab extract
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Pomelos in Pinghe County, Fujian
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Một vườn bưởi tại Trà Ôn (Vĩnh Long, Việt Nam).
Other websites
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Pomelo at Wikimedia Commons
Sources
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Growing the granddaddy of grapefruit, SFGate.com, December 25, 2004