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Pomelo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: C. maxima
Binomial name
Citrus maxima
Merr.

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. It is the largest citrus fruit, usually 15–25 centimetres (5.9–9.8 in) in diameter. It weighs 1 to 2 kilograms (2.2 to 4.4 lb).

Other names for the pomelo are pummelo and pommelo.

Images for kids

  • Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.); flowe Wellcome V0042686

    Flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten

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    Closeup of pomelo petiole

  • Caligrapefruit

    This white hybrid Pomelo is cushioned with a thick mesocarp layer

  • Pummelos

    Pomelos

  • Pummelo cut

    Pomelo after being cut

  • Pomelos 02

    Pink pomelo juice vesicles

  • Citrus maxima (Pampelmuse) 001

    Cluster of flower buds

  • Citrus maxima (Pampelmuse) 004

    Pomelo blossom

  • Pomelo flower

    Pomelo flowers in early April

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    Pomelo on tree, has fruit and blossoms in the same time

  • Xiancun - pomelo orchards - DSCF4064

    Fujian's Pinghe County is famous in China for its pomelos

  • Vườn bưởi

    Pomelo orchard

  • Pummelo HBuntan Pink1 Asit

    Pink pomelo

  • Bưởi

    Pomelo in southern Vietnam.

  • Pomelo seedling

    Pomelo seedling

  • Mid-Autumn Festival 33, Chinatown, Singapore, Sep 06

    Ipoh pomelos on sale at Chinatown, Singapore

  • Tam som-o nam pu

    Tam som-o nam pu: spicy Thai pomelo salad with crab extract


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