Pomelo facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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

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  Cluster of flower buds

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  Pomelo flowers

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  Pomelo tree in southern Vietnam

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  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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  This white hybrid Pomelo is cushioned with a thick mesocarp layer

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  Pomelos

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  Pomelo after being cut

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  Pink pomelo juice vesicles

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  Pomelo blossom

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

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

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  Pomelo orchard

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  Pink pomelo

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  Pomelo seedling

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  Closeup of pomelo petiole

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  Ipoh pomelos on sale at Chinatown, Singapore

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

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  The large segments inside a pomelo, containing the fruit’s juice vesicles.